[CentOS] CentOS 3.3 is gone

[John Newbigin]

Lance Davis wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, John Newbigin wrote:
> 
> 
>>Now that
>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.3/updates/i386/RPMS/ is gone (be it 
>>by design or error)
> 
> 
> It hasnt gone - it just contains the same as 3.4 ...
> 
> It should be a symlink to 3.4 - and if not then something has gone 
> wrong.
> 
> (I have just checked the mirrors and it looks like one of them has been 
> set up wrong - it is centosl - I will try yo fix it ...)
> 
> 
>>I assume that all the patches for a CentOS-3.3 box can be found in
>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/i386/RPMS/
>>
>>Can anyone confirm this?
> 
> 
> well some of the updates may be in os/ rather than updates/ 
> 
> 
>>In other words, Does the 3.4 updates directory contain updates to 3.3 
>>and 3.4?
>>
>>If the answer is Yes:
>>  Good.  Now what about 3.1?  Should those updates be in the 3.4 
>>directory as well?
> 
> 
> 3.1 is also a symlink to 3.4
> 
> 
>>If the answer is No:
>>  What am I meant to do with my CentOS-3.3 media?  I can not install 
>>with it anymore because I can't get patches.
> 
> 
> of course you can - you install and then update to 3.4
So I need to install from the 3.3 media
And then update to the versions on the 3.4 media
And then install the 3.4 updates?

If I had 3.4 media I could just install off that.  I am looking at a 
local mirror setup which does not require me to download new CDs every 3 
months.

> 
> 
>>
>>The management of these update directories always causes me confusion 
>>though it should be simple.
> 
> 
> It is simple :)
I still can't figure it out :(  Every time I look things have changed.


I also have another question which I will ask here.... it is about the 
x86_64 updates
http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/

There are i386 updates in there.  Are these required?  They are the same 
as the i386 versions.  If so, I end up downloading them multiple times 
which is a pain :(

John.
> 
> Regards
> Lance
> 
> 
>>John.
>>
>>
> 
> 


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John Newbigin
Computer Systems Officer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin