I've install yum-cron on a new CentOS 7 host and after a recent update I am now getting daily repeating emails about that update instead of the single notification I was expecting. Does anyone know what's going on?
Kirk
On 10/06/15 17:07, Kirk Bocek wrote:
I've install yum-cron on a new CentOS 7 host and after a recent update I am now getting daily repeating emails about that update instead of the single notification I was expecting. Does anyone know what's going on?
Kirk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
By default, yum-cron just downloads updates but does not install them, so the e-mail you receive shows a list of updates waiting to be applied. If you want it to do that you must change "apply_updates" in /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf from "no" to "yes".
On 6/11/2015 12:16 AM, Harold Toms wrote:
On 10/06/15 17:07, Kirk Bocek wrote:
I've install yum-cron on a new CentOS 7 host and after a recent update I am now getting daily repeating emails about that update instead of the single notification I was expecting. Does anyone know what's going on?
Kirk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
By default, yum-cron just downloads updates but does not install them, so the e-mail you receive shows a list of updates waiting to be applied. If you want it to do that you must change "apply_updates" in /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf from "no" to "yes".
Right you are. Thanks. That was not the default in yum-cron on CentOS 6. So much new in 7.
On Thu, June 11, 2015 11:14 am, Kirk Bocek wrote:
On 6/11/2015 12:16 AM, Harold Toms wrote:
On 10/06/15 17:07, Kirk Bocek wrote:
I've install yum-cron on a new CentOS 7 host and after a recent update I am now getting daily repeating emails about that update instead of the single notification I was expecting. Does anyone know what's going on?
Kirk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
By default, yum-cron just downloads updates but does not install them, so the e-mail you receive shows a list of updates waiting to be applied. If you want it to do that you must change "apply_updates" in /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf from "no" to "yes".
Right you are. Thanks. That was not the default in yum-cron on CentOS 6. So much new in 7.
The same feeling here. It feels like every new release of Windows always feels: everything is so different, and you need to go through rather steep learning curve just to learn how to find necessary tools. Which in case of Windows appears to be mere re-shuffling of the same old tools. Of course, RHEL/CenOS are different...
Just not sure: should I add "rant" tags, or sent it as is ;-(
Valeri
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:44:46AM -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
The same feeling here. It feels like every new release of Windows always feels: everything is so different, and you need to go through rather steep learning curve just to learn how to find necessary tools. Which in case of Windows appears to be mere re-shuffling of the same old tools. Of course, RHEL/CenOS are different...
In this case, the 'yum-cron' functionality was absorbed by the Yum project. In el6, yum-cron was an external project. The new functionality has a bunch of extra features (such as only installing security updates) but errs on the side of caution by only downloading by default.
Just not sure: should I add "rant" tags, or sent it as is ;-(
I don't see why you'd bother, it'd be entirely redundant.
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