<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks guys, this would work. FYI, as to "why", well it is a mission critical system that has been up and running for a while (on 4.1) but now we to update it to minimum 4.2 to meet some requirements, so we want to keep the changes to a minimum. As for security issues, the way it is setup currently that is not an issue, however it will be soon replaced with latest version of 5.x<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> James Hogarth <james.hogarth@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org><br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, May 14, 2010 6:09:41 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [CentOS] upgrading to a minor release 4.1 to 4.2<br></font><br>
On 14 May 2010 13:51, Kwan Lowe <<a ymailto="mailto:kwan.lowe@gmail.com" href="mailto:kwan.lowe@gmail.com">kwan.lowe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM, sheraz naz <<a ymailto="mailto:sheraznaz@yahoo.com" href="mailto:sheraznaz@yahoo.com">sheraznaz@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hi,<br>>><br>>> I need to upgrade a system running 4.1 to 4.2, but before I do I want to<br>>> list out all the packages that will be updated/installed/removed. I can run<br>>> up2date -l to get a list of updates but does that show packages that need to<br>>> be installed and removed as well or just the updates?<br>>><br>>> Second, how would I go about upgrading 4.1 to 4.2 instead of 4.8 (i.e.<br>>> latest update).<br>><br>> OK, ignoring the "why??", the approach would be to get the 4.2 DVD ISO<br>> then mount it as a package repository. Point your system to that<br>> repository
then run the update.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> CentOS mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:CentOS@centos.org" href="mailto:CentOS@centos.org">CentOS@centos.org</a><br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos</a></span><br>><br><br>Some relevant information...<br><br><span>from <a target="_blank" href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4.2/readme">http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4.2/readme</a></span><br><br>This directory (and version of CentOS) is depreciated. For normal users,<br>you should use /4/ and not /4.3/ in your path. Please see this FAQ<br>concerning the CentOS release scheme:<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34">http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34</a></span><br><br>If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to
remain at the 4.3<br><span>level, go to <a target="_blank" href="http://vault.centos.org/">http://vault.centos.org/</a> for packages.</span><br><br><span>So you *could* use <a target="_blank" href="http://vault.centos.org/4.2/">http://vault.centos.org/4.2/</a> for your repository</span><br>information and get updates to the baseline of 4.2 and no further....<br>but then you will be missing any bug or security fixes for the last 4<br>years give or take.<br><br>James<br>_______________________________________________<br>CentOS mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:CentOS@centos.org" href="mailto:CentOS@centos.org">CentOS@centos.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos</a><br></div></div>
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