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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