Re: "yum --security" and staying with 5.0

["Amos Shapira" <amos.shapira@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/12/2007, David Goldsmith <dgoldsmith@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > Amos Shapira wrote:
> >> 1. If I read the FAQ correctly, in order to force yum to stay with 5.0
> >> should I just manually edit /etc/redhat-release from:
> >>
> >> CentOS release 5 (Final)
> >> to:
> >> CentOS release 5.0 (Final)
> >
> > no, there is no such mention abut anything in the FAQ or anywhere else
> > that I can find. What made you believe that changing stuff in that text
> > file will change the repo's your machine is looking at ?
>
> Possibly this:  http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#q8

Yes, exactly - the text there explains how to find out on which branch
you are, but not about how to tell CentOS on which branch you want to
be.

Is there such a thing or is 5.0 abandoned as soon as 5.1 is out and I
practically MUST upgrade to 5.1 to stay secure?

Thanks,

--Amos
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