I use this script for SL5 and SL6: [root@ladd00 ~]# more update_SL6.sh #!/bin/sh YES=-y cat /etc/redhat-release uname -a /bin/ls -ltr /boot | grep vmli | tail -1 rpm -q triumf-sl-yumconf #[ `uname -i` == "x86_64" ] && yum remove {perl,gaim,gaim-devel}.i386 rpm -Uvh /triumfcs/mirror/SL/6/`uname -i`/os/Packages/sl-release-6.*.rpm yum clean all yum $YES update triumf-sl-yumconf yum $YES update "yum*" "rpm*" yum $YES update [root@ladd00 ~]# K.O. On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:06:35AM +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote: > tried normal "redhat way update", without any success: > > yum upgrade > Setting up Upgrade Process > No Packages marked for Update > > why? > > cat /etc/yum.repos.d/sl.repo > [sl] > name=Scientific Linux $releasever - $basearch > baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/os/ > #mirrorlist=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/mirrorlist/sl-base-6.txt > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-sl > file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson > > [sl-security] > name=Scientific Linux $releasever - $basearch - security updates > baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/updates/security/ > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/updates/security/ > http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/updates/security/ > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/$basearch/updates/security/ > #mirrorlist=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/mirrorlist/sl-security-6.txt > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-sl > file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson > > > [sl-source] > name=Scientific Linux $releasever - Source > baseurl=http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/SRPMS/ > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/SRPMS/ > http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/SRPMS/ > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$releasever/SRPMS/ > enabled=0 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-sl > file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson > > -- > Eero -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada