Hello group,
I have a CentOS 5.5 server freshly installed.
When I do a yum updated package_name, I have referenced to 5.6. Why?
Here is an example:
yum update vsftpd --changelog
Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, security
addons/other | 192 B 00:00
base/other_db | 11 MB 00:50
extras/other_db | 442 kB 00:01
updates/other_db | 2.8 MB 00:11
http://centos.arcticnetwork.ca/5.6/updates/x86_64/repodata/other.sqlite.bz2: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
updates/other_db | 2.7 MB 00:22
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirror.science.uottawa.ca
* base: mirror.science.uottawa.ca
* extras: mirror.science.uottawa.ca
* updates: mirror.science.uottawa.ca
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping security plugin, no data
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vsftpd.x86_64 0:2.0.5-16.el5_6.1 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Changes in packages about to be updated:
vsftpd-2.0.5-16.el5_6.1.x86_64
* Fri Mar 4 17:00:00 2011 Jiri Skala <jskala@redhat.com> - 2.0.5-16.el5_6.1
- Resolves: #681893 - CVE-2011-0762 vsftpd: remote DoS via crafted glob pattern
* Thu Apr 8 18:00:00 2010 Jiri Skala <jskala@redhat.com> - 2.0.5-16.el5_5.1
- Resolves: #580055 - vsftpd prematurely closes connection just before processing of post-auth command
- Resolves: #580396 - vsftpd issues in RHEL5
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
vsftpd x86_64 2.0.5-16.el5_6.1 updates 139 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 0 Package(s)
Upgrade 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 139 k
The version installed is 5.5:
[root@future_qljnl51p yum.repos.d]# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
Release: 5.5
Codename: Final
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Bernard