Troy Dawson wrote on 12/4/2008 4:14 PM:
> Hi Larry,
> Yes, there is a difference, but at the beginning they are the same.
>
> If you do a "yum upgrade" and it replaced yum-conf-44 with yum-conf-4x,
> that is going to keep you at 4x. Which means that when we have our new
> release 4.8, and we move the link of 4x to point to 48, then your system
> is going to automatically be updated to 48. This might be what some
> people want, which is why there is a yum-conf-4x.
>
> If you just use the long rpm command
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-latest.SL.noarch.rpm
>
> Then that will just get you the normal yum-conf wich is in the latest
> release. So currently that will install yum-conf-4.7. That will then
> update you to SL 4.7. But when we release 4.8, and the 4x link get's
> changed, you will not be automatically updated to 4.8, but will still be
> at 4.7. This might be what some people want, which is why yum-xonf-4x
> isn't installed by default.
>
> Does that help?
>
> Troy
Yep!
After thinking a bit on it after my posting, I surmised that that's
exactly what you have just described.
Now, (surmising further) if I had just done a 'yum upgrade' rather
than the long rpm command, and I'm now at SL47, and *maybe* do not
wish to automatically go to SL48 when it's out, can I issue the
long rpm command and thus download the yum-conf-4.7 replacing the
yum-conf-4x and I'm done? Or do I need to do something after that
like a 'yum clean all'? I suspect not but thought I'd ask.
Thanks!
- Larry
> P. Larry Nelson wrote:
>> This is most likely a Troy or Connie question but thought I'd post
>> here in case others might have the same question burning in the
>> back of their brains.
>>
>> Is there much, if any, difference between upgrading from one minor
>> release to another (say, SL44 to SL46) using the rpm command as
>> stated in the instructions in the HowTo here:
>> (https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/howto/upgrade.4x)
>> and just doing a 'yum upgrade; yum clean all; yum update' ?
>>
>> It seems that the 'yum upgrade' grabbed the yum-conf-4x.noarch 4:1-5.SL
>> and replaced the yum-conf.noarch 4:44-1.SL, which is what I assume
>> the lonnng rpm command would do?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> - Larry
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