On 07/26/2011 12:48 PM, Troy Dawson wrote:
> On 07/21/2011 11:03 AM, Dormition Skete wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> We already have a server using SL6.0. I see that 6.1 is probably
>> going to be coming out soon. If we just keep our server updated,
>> will it automatically "become" a 6.1 server, or do we need to
>> download a new 6.1 DVD when it comes out, and go through the upgrade
>> process to make the server 6.1?
>>
>> Any help with this will be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
> This is one place where Scientific Linux differs from RHEL.
>
> The default setting for Scientific Linux is for you to "sit on a
> release". This means that you do not automatically update to the next
> release, unless you want to. So if you install SL 5.4, you will stay at
> SL 5.4, getting security updates, until you manually update to whichever
> release you want.
>
> If you want the same functionality as RHEL (your machine is
> automatically updated to the latest release) you need to install
> yum-conf-sl6x.
> yum-conf-sl6x
>
> Troy

Will yum-conf-sl6x automatically update to the latest production release 
(e.g., SL 6.1) but will not update to beta/testing/release candidates? 
I assume that one can pick and choose -- for example, if one is running 
a higher (later) revision kernel and kernel firmware than the production 
release, one may simply skip the kernel portion of the update.

Yasha Karant