Yes, that is correct.

Since that article is recently re-written I wanted to be sure it made sense.

The doc is only good if it actually explains things well. :)

Pat

On 09/30/2014 09:31 AM, Robin Long wrote:
> Hi Pat,
>
> Thanks.  I think so.  If I understand this correctly, I only need to 
> sync the 6x release to a private mirror, to have the latest release.  
> Also, if I want to stick on 6.5 I guess I only need to sync the 6.5 repo?
>
> Regards,
> Robin.
>
> On 30/09/14 14:18, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>> 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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