On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Ioannis Vranos wrote:

> OS: SL 4.3 on a Pentium III.
> 
> 
> I am using yumex for all updates, but I have just decided to give "yum upgrade" a try. In 
> yumex no updates were available, but "yum upgrade" found a yum-conf-4x update for 
> yum-conf. I checked the directory listing in 
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/43/i386/errata/SL/RPMS and found out that 
> both have the same date.
> 
> 
> So, is it OK, that I performed this update? Why nothing was shown up in yumex?

It will change your yum-conf to point to the 4x area vs the 43 area.  The 
net effect of this is that when we release 44 and beyond yum will 
automatically upgrade you to that newer version.

I will let Troy answer more as he wrote that rpm.

-Connie

 > 
> 
> [root@localhost download]# yum upgrade
> 
> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
> Setting up Upgrade Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package yum-conf-4x.noarch 4:1-4.SL set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>   Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>   yum-conf-4x             noarch     4:1-4.SL         sl-errata          10 k
>       replacing  yum-conf.noarch 4:43-4.SL
> 
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      1 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 10 k
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): yum-conf-4x-1-4.SL 100% |=========================|  10 kB    00:00
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>    Installing: yum-conf-4x                  ######################### [1/2]
>    Removing  : yum-conf                     ######################### [2/2]
> 
> Installed: yum-conf-4x.noarch 4:1-4.SL
> Replaced: yum-conf.noarch 4:43-4.SL
> Complete!
>