On Saturday 19 January 2013 03:51:53 E.B. wrote:

Hi,

On about 8am GMT Jan 18, my server reported an unusually large number of yum updates available.

I think this is due to the release of CentOS 5.9:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.centos.announce/7203

However, I just wanted to be a little paranoid, since this is unusual for my normal yum update reports (over 100 updates compared to a couple a week). Can someone confirm my suspicion, or is it possible I have a security issue on my hands?

Thank you!!!!

Yep CentOS 5.9 was released on thursday. 100+ package updates depending on what you have installed. Upgraded several x64 and i686 servers without problems yesterday.

Tony

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, E.B. wrote:

Hi,

On about 8am GMT Jan 18, my server reported an unusually large number of yum updates available.

I think this is due to the release of CentOS 5.9:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.centos.announce/7203

However, I just wanted to be a little paranoid, since this is unusual for my normal yum update reports (over 100 updates compared to a couple a week).  Can someone confirm my suspicion, or is it possible I have a security issue on my hands?

Thank you!!!!

Yes, it is CentOS 5.9 that you are seeing.

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