On 09/30/2014 06:09 AM, Robin Long wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find 
> any information on it.
>
> I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our 
> servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what 
> they do.
>
> Looking at version 6 specifically we have
>
> 6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
> 6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
> 6.5
> 6.4
> 6.3
> 6.2
> 6.1
> 6.0
> 6rolling
>
> I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is 
> this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
> I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist in 
> the <6.3 repos
> Also is 6rolling essentially testing?
>
> Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need 
> all minor releases?  Or just the ones for the minor releases we have 
> running?  If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update 
> making it a 6.5?  Do I have to do anything else?
>
> Regards
> Robin.

Does this documentation help clarify the issue: 
http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#version-number


Pat

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