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Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:17:01 +0200
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On 08/12/2011 01:02 PM, Morten Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:50:12 +0200, carlopmart wrote:
>
>>> After yum update the kernel will be updated to 2.6.32-131.6.1. (SL6.1)
>>> Otherwise you would have to exclude the kernel update in your yum
>>> configuration.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> /etc/yum.conf
>>> exclude=kernel*
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Morten
>>
>> After read your mail, Is it correct to say: "you can't stay at SL6.0
>> with security updates applied. Always, you will be upgraded to latest
>> SL6.x + security patches", right??
>
> I would rather say:
>
> You can stay at SL6.0 but you'll get the latest security updates from
> SL6.1.
>

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 ...

-- 
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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