[CentOS] Re: CentOS 4.3 Upgrade vs Clean Reinstall

Mike Stankovic spake the following on 3/29/2006 12:26 PM:

I upgraded via yum on a previously cleanly installed 4.2 and hhave had no issues. No dupliicate rpms. Has anyone had problems?

I suppose had this been a 4 -> 4.1 -> 4.2 -> 4.3 this would be different.

But 4 4.1 4.2 and 4.3 are not separate distributions, but are just points in time that the upstream provider released a non- security related update. Then new ISO's are spun at this point to shorten fresh install times, and to incorporate fixes or drivers into the install media. 4 updated to 4.3 is functionally equivalent to a fresh install of 4.3.