On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 12:03 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Mário Gamito wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just installed CentOS 5. > > I issued a yum update, and to my astonishment there are already 75 MB of > > updates. > > And i didn't even installed X. > > > > Why is this ? > > These are packages that have been updated since the time CentOS-5's > package tree was frozen upstream. Btw, you might want to check what the > updates are - its possible you have more software installed on the > machine than you need. > > - KB To explain this a little more ... here goes: 1. People want the versions of files on the CentOS to discs to match the upstream versions for software control .. so if you install 5.0 it is as close a possible to 5.0 upstream. 2. Upstream released a Cubic buttload of updates since the 5.0 release. These where included as updates for CentOS-5 as well ... see these links for all updates released: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-server-errata.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-client-workstation-errata.html All we did was include them as updates ... so CentOS-5 is now all updated, to 4/12/2007. Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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