On 4/13/07, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote: > 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 Some do, some don't. Some download at work and install at home. There's 75 Mbytes of updates wouldn't get to my machines at home. An updates repo in the collection would be a handy compromise, I think I suggested this a while ago.
It sounds nice but has too many problems in implimintation: 1) Anaconda does not deal with updates during install. Upgrades need to be placed in the main trees and the disk would need to be respun regularly. My memory is a bit weak here, but I think that trying to add the code to deal with 'updates' during install seems to have caused a lot of 'exceptions' in the Fedora code and causes anaconda to be even more memory happy. 2) Respinning the disks breaks upstream compatibility that a lot of ISV software looks for to see if a system is 'supported' and will run on it. 3) If a person installs in 3 weeks from now when say another 75-200 MB of updates are available.. it doesnt help any (especially if those updates cover a lot of what was on the disk). 4) An updates iso might be possible, but it is more disk space on overtaxed servers and more work for the 3-10 core people. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
