Alas, for SL 5 $releasever isn't used by the yum repos we provide.
I'll add the comment on releasever to the docs for 6 and 7 as it is a
handy command set.
Pat
On 02/05/2015 02:26 AM, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded.
>
> There was indeed a typo in de scientific.org documentation.
> Therefor I have succeeded in upgrading to 5.11.
>
> Also David mentioned:
> Without installing the yum-conf-5x package, you can most likely do an upgrade doing:
>
> yum --releasever=5.11 update sl-release
> yum clean all
> yum update
> <
>
> (@Pat) I remember this was also in the documentation on the old scientific.org website... maybe add this to the new site?
>
> Regards,
> Carel van der Werf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pat Riehecky
> Sent: 04 February, 2015 18:02
> To: Doug Johnson; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Upgrade from SL 5.3
>
> Documentation updated, thanks for finding this!
>
> Pat
>
> On 02/04/2015 10:59 AM, Doug Johnson wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Perhaps it is a typo in the documentation?
>>
>> {root}> yum search yum-conf
>> Loaded plugins: kernel-module, priorities
>> 463 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
>> ================================================================ Matched: yum-conf ================================================================
>> yum-conf.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files
>> yum-conf-5x.noarch : RPM installer/updater config files
>> yum-conf-adobe.i686 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration
>> yum-conf-adobe.x86_64 : linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration
>> yum-conf-elrepo.noarch : ElRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository release file
>> yum-conf-epel.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
>>
>> But I don't use this method, so take this with a grain of salt.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> doug
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have several different releases of Scientific Linux running, and now one =
>>> of my spare-fileservers is repowerd again
>>> Then I found out it is still running SL 5.3, so I would like to update to 5=
>>> .11, but ScienticfLinux.org in its FAQ only mentions:
>>>
>>> How do I update to the latest release?
>>>
>>> To upgrade from SL 5.5 (or any older SL 5 release) to the latest SL 5, =
>>> simply install yum-conf-sl5x
>>> To upgrade from SL 6.1 (or any older SL 6 release) to the latest SL 6, =
>>> simply install yum-conf-sl6x
>>> Upgrades between major versions (from SL 5 to SL 6, or SL 6 to SL 7) ar=
>>> e not supported.
>>>
>>> Starting with Scientific Linux 5.9 and Scientific Linux 6.4, the 'x' repo i=
>>> s installed by default.
>>> So:
>>> # yum install yum-conf-sl5x=20
>>>
>>> Shows:
>>> "No package yum-conf-sl5x available" (from ftp1.scientificlinux.org)=20
>>>
>>> Therefor: Is the phrase " or any older SL 5 release " correct ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Carel=20
>>>
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>>
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