Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/
Thank you all who worked on it!
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Miguel Medalha wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
ummm ... PLEASE -- no unofficial announcements as there are some last minute tweaks still in process.
as Hughesjr pointed out in one channel:
11:54 range> Well, there are people out there already trying out 5.2 ... 11:59 * hughesjr did NOT release it yet 11:59 hughesjr> they try it at their own risk till I do :D
... patience ...
-- Russ herrold herrold at centos dot org
On 6/23/08, Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe): CentOS 5.2 is here (at least): http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/ Thank you all who worked on it!
I read a post last night, on webhostingtalk.com that it was on servers, but when I did "yum update" nothing there. I will wait until it's available, to update my Desktop boxes. after I backup......
As Miguel wrote, a HUGE THANK YOU, to everyone who has been working on this for us! Your time and your dedication are deeply appreciated by the CentOS community!
On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 11:25 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On 6/23/08, Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
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As Miguel wrote, a HUGE THANK YOU, to everyone who has been working on this for us! Your time and your dedication are deeply appreciated by the CentOS community!
And I can't wait to see how the torrent does (presumming everybody who can use it does use it) on my recently upgraded "pipe". Recently have gotten 12.5MB (as in mega-byte, not bit) on my upgrade cable service. Best previously was 900MB/sec.
For thsoe who haven't selected a preferred torrent client yet, the rpmforge rtorrent package has the distributed feature enabled and I served up the 5.1/4.6/4.5 stuff for quite a long time with good results. It's curses based, so it doesn't hog a lot. Let's you control up/down load throttling and prioritizing the torrents.
And I add my thanks too, to the whole CentOS crew.
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William L. Maltby wrote:
And I add my thanks too, to the whole CentOS crew.
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
Timothy Murphy wrote:
William L. Maltby wrote:
And I add my thanks too, to the whole CentOS crew.
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
As a complete newbie, get used to CentOS 5.1 first, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Then, wait until CentOS OFFICIALLY announce the release of CentOS 5.2. Wait for it to be available on their website, and on the mirror servers, then do a yum upgrade :)
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
As a complete newbie, get used to CentOS 5.1 first, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Then, wait until CentOS OFFICIALLY announce the release of CentOS 5.2. Wait for it to be available on their website, and on the mirror servers, then do a yum upgrade :)
Well, I assumed from the title of the message that Centos-5.2 had been "officially released". I did in fact look on the Centos web-site, and I deduced from that (possibly wrongly) that Centos-5.2 was to be released a couple of days ago.
When I say I am a complete newbie, I should say that my server has been running under Centos-5.1 for several months. I haven't had to do anything to it, so in that sense I am a newbie. I have been running Fedora on my laptops since Fedora first came out, so am reasonably familiar with the general setup.
I like to keep reasonably up-to-date with distributions I am running, so would like to update to Centos-5.2 as and when it is released.
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 05:07 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
As a complete newbie, get used to CentOS 5.1 first, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Then, wait until CentOS OFFICIALLY announce the release of CentOS 5.2. Wait for it to be available on their website, and on the mirror servers, then do a yum upgrade :)
Well, I assumed from the title of the message that Centos-5.2 had been "officially released". I did in fact look on the Centos web-site, and I deduced from that (possibly wrongly) that Centos-5.2 was to be released a couple of days ago.
When I say I am a complete newbie, I should say that my server has been running under Centos-5.1 for several months. I haven't had to do anything to it, so in that sense I am a newbie. I have been running Fedora on my laptops since Fedora first came out, so am reasonably familiar with the general setup.
I like to keep reasonably up-to-date with distributions I am running, so would like to update to Centos-5.2 as and when it is released.
---- you will be up to date simply by running 'yum update'
When 5.2 is released, those updates will be installed
Craig
Craig White wrote:
I like to keep reasonably up-to-date with distributions I am running, so would like to update to Centos-5.2 as and when it is released.
you will be up to date simply by running 'yum update'
When 5.2 is released, those updates will be installed
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
you will be up to date simply by running 'yum update'
When 5.2 is released, those updates will be installed
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
Yes, that is what we are saying. It is that simple. (Don't forget to reboot after the yum update as you will get a newer kernel)
Regards, Tim
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Craig White wrote:
I like to keep reasonably up-to-date with distributions I am running, so would like to update to Centos-5.2 as and when it is released.
you will be up to date simply by running 'yum update'
When 5.2 is released, those updates will be installed
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Yup
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
Yup
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
sorry for the studid question but do we use yum upgrade or yum update and what is the difference between the 2
mike
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Michael Simpson mikie.simpson@gmail.com wrote:
Yup
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
sorry for the studid question but do we use yum upgrade or yum update and what is the difference between the 2
Run "man yum" for the answer :-)
Regards, Tim
Michael Simpson wrote:
Yup
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
sorry for the studid question but do we use yum upgrade or yum update and what is the difference between the 2
mike _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
man yum :)
update If run without any packages, update will update every currently installed package. If one or more packages are specified, Yum will only update the listed packages. While updating packages, yum will ensure that all dependencies are satisfied. If no package matches the given package name(s), they are assumed to be a shell glob and any matches are then installed.
If the --obsoletes flag is present yum will include package obsoletes in its calculations - this makes it better for dis- tro-version changes, for example: upgrading from somelinux 8.0 to somelinux 9.
check-update Implemented so you could know if your machine had any updates that needed to be applied without running it interactively. Returns exit value of 100 if there are packages available for an update. Also returns a list of the pkgs to be updated in list format. Returns 0 and no packages are available for update.
upgrade Is the same as the update command with the --obsoletes flag set. See update for more details.
Rudi Ahlers wrote: ...
upgrade Is the same as the update command with the --obsoletes flagset. See update for more details.
Doesn't /etc/yum.conf have obsoletes=1 by default, thus making "yum update" do the same as "yum upgrade"?
Mogens
Mogens Kjaer wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote: ...
upgrade Is the same as the update command with the --obsoletesflag set. See update for more details.
Doesn't /etc/yum.conf have obsoletes=1 by default, thus making "yum update" do the same as "yum upgrade"?
Mogens
Why don't you check? :)
Thanks guys.
these things often occur to me at work where i am surrounded by windows boxen and 22 is blocked on the firewall.
had to get special dispensation for gmail!
/me has instant gratification problems :-)
Rudi Ahlers wrote: ...
Why don't you check? :)
On a 5.1 machine ready for 5.2:
# yum update >/tmp/update.log n # yum upgrade >/tmp/upgrade.log n # diff /tmp/update.log /tmp/upgrade.log 2c2 < Setting up Update Process ---
Setting up Upgrade Process
Looks to me that update==upgrade.
Why does the announcement of 5.2 say it is important to use "yum upgrade"?
Mogens
Mogens Kjaer wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote: ...
Why don't you check? :)
On a 5.1 machine ready for 5.2:
# yum update >/tmp/update.log n # yum upgrade >/tmp/upgrade.log n # diff /tmp/update.log /tmp/upgrade.log 2c2
< Setting up Update Process
Setting up Upgrade Process
Looks to me that update==upgrade.
Why does the announcement of 5.2 say it is important to use "yum upgrade"?
Because ... if you have every modified your yum.conf file then it is NOT replaced by updates. Therefore MANY CentOS users may not have obsoletes=1 set in their yum.conf file
Since there is a possible difference, using "yum upgrade" instead of "yum update" works for everyone ... yum update may or may not work.
If you were going to have one set of instructions, which should it be ... one that works for everyone or one that might or might not work :D
Michael Simpson wrote: ...
sorry for the studid question but do we use yum upgrade or yum update and what is the difference between the 2
/etc/yum.conf has obsoletes=1, thus "yum upgrade" behaves like "yum update".
No need to read the manuals :-)
Mogens
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
Well, I never heard of a Fedora 9.1 distribution that could be "yum upgrade"d to Fedora 9.2 . IIRC, when RedHat (occasionally) had versions 8.1 and 8.2 they were completely different.
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
Ralph
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?
Re kernel drivers, are you saying that Centos only updates the kernel when there is a (minor) distribution change?
I'm not complaining, just slightly baffled by the nomenclature.
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?
If there is a service pack on the update servers - yes, you should get that this way.
Re kernel drivers, are you saying that Centos only updates the kernel when there is a (minor) distribution change?
Yes. Feature changes *only* on minor upgrades (.0->.1->.2 ...), all other updates are either bug fixes or security updates. And after a certain lifetime, there will be no more minor updates (see CentOS 3, where CentOS 3.9 is the latest), but only security updates, which is the so called maintenance mode.
All those questions and many more are answered in the FAQ section on wiki.centos.org ...
Cheers,
Ralph
I'm not complaining, just slightly baffled by the nomenclature.
Erm, why?
Ralph
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?
Re kernel drivers, are you saying that Centos only updates the kernel when there is a (minor) distribution change?
I'm not complaining, just slightly baffled by the nomenclature.
Windows XP service pack 3 was released recently, Windows NT 4 had 6 service packs
I used kernel as an example. But the same applies for Gnome, KDE, Xen, sound card drivers, network drivers, etc.
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?
Windows XP service pack 3 was released recently, Windows NT 4 had 6 service packs
There is probably a misunderstanding here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 was a separate upgrade. IIRC, it did not come as a standard update. One was told SP3 was available, and how to get it. But this is a minor point.
As I understand it, by simply continuing to say "yum update" at regular intervals, my server will change itself from 5.1 to 5.2 . It seems a bit like my age, which will automatically increase by 1 on Thursday.
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2?
Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.
But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?
Windows XP service pack 3 was released recently, Windows NT 4 had 6 service packs
There is probably a misunderstanding here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 was a separate upgrade. IIRC, it did not come as a standard update. One was told SP3 was available, and how to get it. But this is a minor point.
regardless ... WinXP is not WinVista or Win2000 or Win98
AND
CentOS-2 is not CentOS-3, CentOS-4, CentOS-5
As I understand it, by simply continuing to say "yum update" at regular intervals, my server will change itself from 5.1 to 5.2 . It seems a bit like my age, which will automatically increase by 1 on Thursday.
OK .. here is the point
CentOS-5 is the Release
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
Yum upgrades will always get you all the updates that are released for CentOS-5 ... and that will automatically update you to the latest CentOS-5 version.
If you are running CentOS-4 and you run yum ... you will be updated to CentOS-4.6 now and to CentOS-4.7 when it is released. You will not be updated to CentOS-5.x from any version of CentOS-4.
Does this make sense?
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:37 -0500 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
I think that the problem is the naming/numbering convention. If CentOS would follow the same naming convention as RH, some people would be less confused.
For the rest of us: Thanks for the great job
centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:37 -0500 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
I think that the problem is the naming/numbering convention. If CentOS would follow the same naming convention as RH, some people would be less confused.
You mean like 5.1, 5.2 and so on? Yeah, that really would be better.
Ralph
centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:37 -0500 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
I think that the problem is the naming/numbering convention. If CentOS would follow the same naming convention as RH, some people would be less confused.
For the rest of us: Thanks for the great job
Actually ... Red Hat changed their numbering system to be like ours ... and if you look at their lastest release announcements you will see 5.1 and 5.2 :D
Johnny Hughes wrote:
CentOS-5 is the Release
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
Yum upgrades will always get you all the updates that are released for CentOS-5 ... and that will automatically update you to the latest CentOS-5 version.
If you are running CentOS-4 and you run yum ... you will be updated to CentOS-4.6 now and to CentOS-4.7 when it is released. You will not be updated to CentOS-5.x from any version of CentOS-4.
Does this make sense?
Is there a quick way to tell where any particular machine is in the minor-rev level when the release file just says 5?
Les Mikesell wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
CentOS-5 is the Release
CentOS-5.0, CentOS-5.1 and CentOS-5.2 are update sets of CentOS-5 ... and are still CentOS-5. The .0, .1, and .2 are update sets and are really just a "frozen point in time" of CentOS-5.
Yum upgrades will always get you all the updates that are released for CentOS-5 ... and that will automatically update you to the latest CentOS-5 version.
If you are running CentOS-4 and you run yum ... you will be updated to CentOS-4.6 now and to CentOS-4.7 when it is released. You will not be updated to CentOS-5.x from any version of CentOS-4.
Does this make sense?
Is there a quick way to tell where any particular machine is in the minor-rev level when the release file just says 5?
Yes ... cat /etc/redhat-release
In 5.2, it says "CentOS release 5.2 (Final)"
You can also do:
rpm -q centos-release
it says :
centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2 == 5.0 centos-release-5-1.el5.centos == 5.1 centos-release-5-2.el5.centos == 5.2
Johnny Hughes wrote:
Is there a quick way to tell where any particular machine is in the minor-rev level when the release file just says 5?
Yes ... cat /etc/redhat-release
In 5.2, it says "CentOS release 5.2 (Final)"
You can also do:
rpm -q centos-release
it says :
centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2 == 5.0 centos-release-5-1.el5.centos == 5.1 centos-release-5-2.el5.centos == 5.2
Thanks! The new yum seems a bit different - maybe it's the fastestmirror plugin. Would you recommend doing a 'yum update yum rpm' before the complete run?
Les Mikesell wrote:
Thanks! The new yum seems a bit different - maybe it's the fastestmirror plugin. Would you recommend doing a 'yum update yum rpm' before the complete run?
It should work OK either way, but I would do:
yum upgrade yum* rpm
(just to make sure you get the newer plugins too)
If you care to keeping more of your old kernels than 3, please see the release note about editing yum.conf:
http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.2#head-447967c60eb305ef2...
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 14:16 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
Well, I never heard of a Fedora 9.1 distribution that could be "yum upgrade"d to Fedora 9.2 . IIRC, when RedHat (occasionally) had versions 8.1 and 8.2 they were completely different.
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
---- all of these questions are answered on their web site - see their FAQ
this specific question is answered here...
http://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34
Craig
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
All upgrades / updates in the major versions (5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.1) will happen automatically when you run yum upgrade, and when it's officially released for updates. And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this
Well, I never heard of a Fedora 9.1 distribution that could be "yum upgrade"d to Fedora 9.2 . IIRC, when RedHat (occasionally) had versions 8.1 and 8.2 they were completely different.
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
Sure, not everyone follow the sub-version / minor version path for software, but even in Fedora Core, you'd find Xen 3.0, Xen 3.1, Xen 3.2, etc
Sub versions (i.e. CentOS 5.1 / 5.2) are normally minor upgrades within the major version, whereas major versions in most software distributions often involve large changes (like adding / removing new / old architectures, or major kernel upgrades, or totally new features / software / scripts).
Bear in mind that FC is almost a tottaly different distro than CentOS and they aim at the cutting edge stuff, yet their numbering works with major numbers. I'm sure there's a better explanation on their forum / mailing list / website why they follow that route, but (*)Ubuntu, Slackware, Suse, Debian, FreeBSD (Yes, I know it's not Linux, but it's an example), Mandriva, Red Hat, etc all have major & minor numbers, hence my comment, "
And I'm almost certain most, if not every, other Linux distro also works like this"
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2? Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch, one could download a more up-to-date version?
You only have to remember these:
1) CentOS 4 versus CentOS 5 is like XP versus Vista (*)
2) Keep doing "yum update" on CentOS 5, and it will take you from 5 to 5.1 to 5.2 to whatever 5.x will appear in the future. But "yum update" will not take you from 4.x to 5.x. Similarly, do a full update on Vista now, and it will go from Vista RTM to Vista SP1, but it will never go from XP to Vista.
(*) - not an exact comparison, YMMV, if this knowledge burns down your house and kills your dog, I am not responsible.
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
At this very moment, if I do "yum update" on my 5.1 home server, it tells me that it will get upgraded to 5.2 if I hit the "Y" key.
I won't do that yet, I need to be physically there to babysit it, there are way too many hacks and moving parts on that machine.
But yeah, in a nutshell, just do "yum update" and it will take you to the next version - 5.2
Florin Andrei wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Are you saying that simply running "yum update" on a Centos-5.1 system will convert it to Centos-5.2, as and when that is released?
At this very moment, if I do "yum update" on my 5.1 home server, it tells me that it will get upgraded to 5.2 if I hit the "Y" key.
I won't do that yet, I need to be physically there to babysit it, there are way too many hacks and moving parts on that machine.
What I did last time around, and will probably repeat on critical machines:
yum install yum-downloadonly (if you haven't already) yum -y --downloadonly update (can run unattended)
yum upgrade (babysit - but you don't have to wait for the download) reboot (babysit)
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
wait for the announcement. all the info will be available at that time.
On 6/23/08, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
William L. Maltby wrote:
And I add my thanks too, to the whole CentOS crew.
I'm running Centos-5.1 but am a complete Centos newbie. What is the best way of installing Centos-5.2 ? Is a fresh installation recommended, or can one do a yum upgrade? Or is there any other way of proceeding?
Not having read the Release Notes or Announcement, I did "yum update", instead of "yum upgrade", which I should have done, on my CentOS 5.1 Desktop box, which was up to date, this afternoon. 284 Packages were excluded for Priorities. It installed 10 new Packages and Updated 233 Packages. DL size was 489 MB and took 61 minutes for the DL, on our 550 kbps connection (after I finished, I did a test on speedtest.net to a server in Fort Lauderdale, FL and the DL speed at that time was 1780 kbps from that Server in FLL). I noticed when it was Updating pam there was a warning. Also, I have SELinux running in Permissive mode and there were several warnings, which I'm sure is normal, when doing an Upgrade like this. I noticed that it installed yum-fastestmirror which is much better for me, than using the nearest mirror! I believe our route to the USA is via satellite, from Medellin, Colombia into Orlando, FL. The move from Firefox 1.5 to 3.0 should be a big improvement for those of us who are Desktop users. The entire process took approximately 2 hours 15 minutes and it was FLAWLESS. A HUGE THANK YOU, TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME INTO THIS, FOR THOSE OF US IN THE CentOS COMMUNITY! Lanny
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 18:09 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On 6/23/08, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
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Orlando, FL. The move from Firefox 1.5 to 3.0 should be a big improvement for those of us who are Desktop users.
Be aware that the FF beta version RH released will not successfully run certain java apps successfully. The later release candidates do run them OK. This is with the java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 and jre-1.6.0_05-fcs installed. The compat package upgrade failed, but that is a topic for after I've investigated the cause.
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/
Thank you all who worked on it!
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Thank you really to the CentOS team!
Miguel Medalha wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/
Thank you all who worked on it!
AND
there really is a problem with the x86_64 tree ... SO
please do not install 5.2 until we announce it is ready.
We will tell everyone when it is really ready, I promise.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
Miguel Medalha wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/
Thank you all who worked on it!
AND
there really is a problem with the x86_64 tree ... SO
please do not install 5.2 until we announce it is ready.
We will tell everyone when it is really ready, I promise.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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sorry for this post, but just want to say thank you all, keep the great job and we are waiting to hear the good news form you :-)
Will CentOS 5.2 support Intel GM965 / GL960 graphic shipset?
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
Let me be the first (maybe):
CentOS 5.2 is here (at least):
http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/centos/5.2/
Thank you all who worked on it!
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