On 15/08/14 20:40, Walter Hurry wrote:
> I have installed Scientific Linux 6.5 (x86_64) and am most impressed.
>
> One thing is puzzling me: As stock it seems to deliver an sl repository
> (and  sl-security), as well as sl6x and sl6x-security. As far as I can see, sl has
> exactly the same packages as sl6x, and ditto for security.
>
> What's the difference? Do I need both pairs, or can I disable one pair?

With sl/sl-security you will stay on the minor version you are on (f.ex. 6.4, 
6.5, etc).  With sl-fastbugs, you'll get more non-security related bug fixes 
as well.  To upgrade to the next minor version, you need to follow this 
process:  <http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/howto/upgrade.6x>

The sl6x*, is basically the same, but will automatically upgrade you to the 
latest released minor release.  So if you were on 6.4, enabling the sl6x* 
repos will update you to the 6.5 automatically on the next yum update.

If you need the sl6x or not, depends completely on how you prefer your minor 
updates to be handled.  On non-critical boxes, I tend to enable sl6x, while on 
critical boxes (which cannot afford much down-time), I prefer to only have the 
normal sl repos enabled and upgrade to minor versions manually, and 
(hopefully) in a more controlled manner.


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kind regards,

David Sommerseth