John Franks wrote: > When doing an upgrade from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 I noticed that my > /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron is not replaced (which is good), but a > new version is placed in /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron.rpmnew. The > problem is that yum.cron.rpmnew is executable and in cron.daily so > it will get run by cron (in addition to the local yum.cron). > > I believe if it were not executable it would not be run, but I haven't > tested this and I may be wrong. > > Also, my personal preference would be to have the new /etc/yum.conf > installed as /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew rather than overwriting the local > yum.conf. But I understand others may differ. > Hi John, The cron.daily (and cron.hourly and weekly) all have been coded to ignore *.rpmnew and *.rpmsave. It does make you nervous when you see this, yes, so I understand your apprehension. But don't worry, it's been seen and tested, and both of them will not be run. Only the /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________