26 Jun
2008
26 Jun
'08
12:25 p.m.
Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd wrote:
5.1 is not a different distro than 5.2. If you update 5.1 it becomes 5.2. You don't go out and say "update to 5.2", you just yum update, and it becomes 5.2. Think of it in Windows terms as Centos 5 sp1 (service pack 1) or Centos 5 sp2. If you want to stay with 5.1 you no longer get updates.
are you speaking as an official representative of CentOS?
No, but he is right. This discussion happens *every* time a point release comes out, it is archived in the mailing list archives, it is in the FAQs on http://wiki.centos.org/.
You *CANNOT* stay on 5.1 except if you never type "yum update" again.
Ralph