On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi, >> Sorry to contradict you, but if someone does what you say, they will install >> "all* the kernels and *all* the kernel-modules. >> No, do *not* substitute "update" for "install", they mean two totally >> different things. > > I think you meant "Do not replace 'update' with 'install'...". That > is, "yum update" is the correct method. > > I am a Japanese and I myself have some difficulties with the word > "substitute". But I understand "to substitute A" implies "to place the > word A in there", but not "to replace A". :) No. "substitute" does mean remove the old thing and "replace" it with the new one. However the order may be different, especially if (as they should be) the preposition is different. I think proper grammar is Substitute A for B Replace B with A. In both of these B is the old, removed item and A is the new, installed item ... I've had to think carefully written this; it must be confusing for a non native speaker. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna