Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:
--- Jancio Wodnik jancio_wodnik@wp.pl wrote:
Robinson Tiemuqinke pisze:
Currently I download the Centos 5.0 upgrade packages from mirror sites on Internet (.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...), with the arrival of Centos 5.1, are the existing Centos 5.0 update packages will be removed in honor of Centos 5.1 updates? or it will stay? And how about the Centos 5.1's default packages in distro?
Give an example here:
2.6.18-8.1.15 version kernel is the most recently updated kernel for Centos 5.0 distro, if the Centos 5.1 distro comes with 2.6.18-8.1.10000 kernel and in the first few weeks there are no kernel updates for 5.1, then how can I upgrade my kernel to 2.6.18-8.1.10000 naturally -- will the 2.6.18-8.1.10000 shows in the same update sources
directories(.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64/...)?
A similar question is: are the update diretories contains only updates for 5.1 distro, or both 5.0 and 5.1?
Any clarifications are greatly appreciated.
It's simply. All things from 5.0 to 5.1 will be done automatically via yum (as standard update) or in rare situation can be possibly depedency problem (when mixing different repo ?).
So don't worry. if you are really affraid - update only one box and test ... test ... then update the rest.
I must say. In Centos 4 world all updates from 1 to 2 to 3 ... to 5 were go in smooth way.
Regards,
Irens
I have had my local 5.0 update repository (.../centos/5.0/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...) setup and used it for my 900+ boxes's daily upgrade already. The repository is synchronized with official Internet mirrors daily to keep it current.
My major concerns is: After the 5.1 is released, the update channel/directory (.../centos/5.1/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...) may change to contain only updates for 5.1 snapshot/release, not updates since 5.0. If so, then all my Centos 5.0 boxes will suffer.
I have the serious concern because most Centos Mirror sites on Internet ONLY keep the updates for latest release/snapshot, not holds updates since the base(3.0, 4.0, 5.0 etc) release. This seems like a big problem if we would like to install from base|initial release (3.0, 4.0, 5.0) continuously and then use a single up-to-date update/ repository to upgrade machines to current level.
For example, at Stanford's Centos 4 mirror site, only 4.5 is mirrored while all the other 4.0/4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4 are not. and in the updates/ directory only updates for 4.5 are kept there. If the same is true for all other sites honoring 5.0 series, then I think I will definitely get screwed If I tried to keep on using base 5.0 and daily synced updates/ (exactly the same) for upgrade.
Any mirror sites hold updates since base release? Or I have to keep on adding more repositories to yum's configuration? 5.0 distro, 5.0 updates, 5.1 distro, 5.1 updates, 5.2 distro, 5.2 updates. etc. If so, then it is too low-performanced and erro-prone.
Any one have experience on upgrade Centos 4 releases from 4.0 to 4.5 can shed a light on this?
Thanks a lot.
--Robinson
If you remove the point release numbers from your update paths you do not need the old versions. If you really need the old updates use http://vault.centos.org/
------------------------------------------------------------------------ This directory (and version of CentOS) is depreciated. For normal users, you should use /4/ and not /4.4/ in your path. Please see this FAQ concerning the CentOS release scheme:
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34
If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to remain at the 4.4 level, go to http://vault.centos.org/ for packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
To simplfy our yum configuration I disable all the repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d and call the yum configuration from a local web server in yum.conf by using the include statement. One change on the web server changes the yum configuration on all CentOS machines.
In the yum.conf I add
# Site yum files include=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/yum/centos.repo include=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/yum/centos-updates.repo
The centos.repo looks like this,
[base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
And the centos-updates.repo looks like this,
[updates-released] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/updates/$basea rch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
[custom-repo] name=CentOS-$releasever - Custom-rpms baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/customrepo/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
Hope this helps.
Dean
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Plant, Dean