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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:07:55 -0500
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Jean-Michel Barbet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Aug 19th I updated the OS packages on a SL4.5 server. Recently I
> discovered that updating yum-conf had reactivated the nightly yum
> updates that I had disabled. Evidence is in the postconfig script :
> 
> rpm -q --scripts yum-conf-45-2.SL
> postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
> /sbin/chkconfig --add yum
> /sbin/chkconfig yum on
> /sbin/service yum restart >> /dev/null
> [...]
> 
> => I consider this as potentially dangerous and I am raising the
>     alarm signal...
> 
> I do not know if this is the same for other versions of SL.
> 
> JM
> 

It is the same for *every* version of SL.

Troy

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