On Wed, 14 May 2003, Corey Head wrote: >So I've been using the RedHat updater and keeping up to date with the >kernels and other softwares. One thing I'm wondering, however, is when I >download and install these things, do they overwrite the previous versions >or do I have a plethora of old software still residing (albeit inactive) on >my server? You can use either the GUI based configuration for up2date or the TUI "up2date-nox --configure" to set the option "removeSkipList" to specify which packages should not be removed by up2date. You can also edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date by hand. > I know I have the old kernels because when I restart I have the >option of starting up in those previous kernel versions. So does this hold >true for the other software? The removeSkipList is probably set to "=kernel*". If there are other patterns appended to this then packages matching those patterns will also be retained. > Also, is there a way to get rid of the old >kernels safely--or do I want to? Probably keeping the last stable version that did what you want plus the newest one should be enough. It depends on how your partitions are set up. Probably you have a 100M /boot partition and this can become filled if you keep too many past versions of kernels there. Best to keep at least a known-to-be-stable backup kernel as well as the newest Red Hat erratum. HTH, Oisin Feeley -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
