On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: On Fri, 25 May 2012, Stefan Lasiewski wrote: > > I have a question regarding the various RPM repos for the SL6. >> >> Some of the repos have a major.minor version number: >> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.0/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.0/> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.1/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.2/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/> >> >> And then there are repos for the '6' and '6x' releases: >> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6/> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6x/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/> >> > > The subdirectories of //ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6/<http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6/>just point to // > ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6x/<http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/>. This was just to make it easy to find "6" . > > >> and a repo named '6rolling': >> >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6rolling/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/> >> >> My questions: >> >> - What are the differences between these different kinds of repos? >> - When should I be tracking the '6' repository vs the 6.2 repository vs. >> the '6rolling' repository? >> > > 6x is a symbolic link that points to the "current" release of 6. This is > so you always "find" the current release. We also provide a "yum-conf" > which which "points" to 6x. When a new "point" release is made all the > systems with their yum-confs "pointing" to 6x will be updated to this newer > version. Note the "non yum-conf 6x" will keep the system at that point > release. > I am mostly interested in security updates, and am less interested in feature updates. Will the 6.N repositories (6.1, 6.2, etc) continue to receive security updates for several years, or should I consider upgrading to the next point release (From 6.1 to 6.2, for example) in order to continue receiving security updates? > We will update the faq. This is a very good question for it. > Thank you Connie! -= Stefan -- Stefan Lasiewski Email: [log in to unmask] Computer System Engineer III Email: [log in to unmask] Networking, Security, and Servers Group National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory