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Oleg Sadov <[log in to unmask]>
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Oleg Sadov <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:49:57 +0400
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12/08/2011 13:41 +0200, Morten Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:17:01 +0200, carlopmart wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Morten, but I don't understand how. Another example: glibc.
> > For SL6.0 version last update package is glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.5 and
> > for SL6.1 is glibc-2.12-1.25 ...
> >
> > If I mix security patches from SL6.1 under a SL6.0 base distro, I
> > will have serious problems, I think ...
> 
> Note: SL6.1 is based on 6.0. SL6.1 is more of a service pack. 
> (bugfixes, security updates, but no fundamental changes)
> 
> The probability that this causes problems is very low.
> 
> Nevertheless, I would always recommend to use the latest release. (6.1)

And, of course, you may enable "automigration" functionality by
installing of yum-conf-sl6x package.

> Best regards,
> 
> Morten

--Oleg

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