Added:

http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#update-particular-release


On 02/05/2015 07:47 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> Alas, for SL 5 $releasever isn't used by the yum repos we provide.
>
> I'll add the comment on releasever to the docs for 6 and 7 as it is a 
> handy command set.
>
> Pat
>
> On 02/05/2015 02:26 AM, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) wrote:
>> Thanks to all who responded.
>>
>> There was indeed a typo in de scientific.org documentation.
>> Therefor I have succeeded in upgrading to 5.11.
>>
>> Also David mentioned:
>> Without installing the yum-conf-5x package, you can most likely do an 
>> upgrade doing:
>>
>>     yum --releasever=5.11 update sl-release
>>     yum clean all
>>     yum update
>> <
>>
>> (@Pat) I remember this was also in the documentation on the old 
>> scientific.org website... maybe add this to the new site?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Carel van der Werf
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
>> Pat Riehecky
>> Sent: 04 February, 2015 18:02
>> To: Doug Johnson; [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Upgrade from SL 5.3
>>
>> Documentation updated, thanks for finding this!
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On 02/04/2015 10:59 AM, Doug Johnson wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> Perhaps it is a typo in the documentation?
>>>
>>> {root}> yum search yum-conf
>>> Loaded plugins: kernel-module, priorities
>>> 463 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
>>> ================================================================ 
>>> Matched: yum-conf 
>>> ================================================================
>>> yum-conf.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files
>>> yum-conf-5x.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files
>>> yum-conf-adobe.i686 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration
>>> yum-conf-adobe.x86_64 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration
>>> yum-conf-elrepo.noarch : ElRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux 
>>> Repository release file
>>> yum-conf-epel.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 
>>> repository configuration
>>>
>>> But I don't use this method, so take this with a grain of salt.
>>>
>>>     Hope this helps,
>>>     doug
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have several different releases of Scientific Linux running, and 
>>>> now one =
>>>> of my spare-fileservers is repowerd again
>>>> Then I found out it is still running SL 5.3, so I would like to 
>>>> update to 5=
>>>> .11, but ScienticfLinux.org in its FAQ only mentions:
>>>>
>>>> How do I update to the latest release?
>>>>
>>>>       To upgrade from SL 5.5 (or any older SL 5 release) to the 
>>>> latest SL 5, =
>>>> simply install yum-conf-sl5x
>>>>       To upgrade from SL 6.1 (or any older SL 6 release) to the 
>>>> latest SL 6, =
>>>> simply install yum-conf-sl6x
>>>>       Upgrades between major versions (from SL 5 to SL 6, or SL 6 
>>>> to SL 7) ar=
>>>> e not supported.
>>>>
>>>> Starting with Scientific Linux 5.9 and Scientific Linux 6.4, the 
>>>> 'x' repo i=
>>>> s installed by default.
>>>> So:
>>>> # yum install yum-conf-sl5x=20
>>>>
>>>> Shows:
>>>> "No package yum-conf-sl5x available" (from 
>>>> ftp1.scientificlinux.org)=20
>>>>
>>>> Therefor: Is the phrase " or any older SL 5 release " correct ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carel=20
>>>>
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>>>
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>

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