[CentOS-devel] CentOS/RHEL 5.3

Wed Jan 21 14:34:08 UTC 2009
Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>

Charlie Brady wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Alain PORTAL wrote:
>
>> Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009, Les Mikesell a �crit :
>>> Alain PORTAL wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Are you really sure about that?
>>>
>>> It has worked for every CentOS X.Y -> X.Y+1 so far (at least since 3.0
>>> which was the first I tried). They do tend to be big updates, though.
>>> Don't confuse it with an X.Y -> X+1.0 upgrade which can have much 
>>> bigger
>>> changes.
>>
>> No confusion for me.
>> I understood that upgrading X.Y -> X+1.0 is a bad idea
>
> I don't think it is a bad idea. I just think that sometimes there are 
> some problems, or RedHat is not prepared to say that it will work. 
> CentOS 3 -> 4 worked for me, using 'upgradeany' option to anaconda.
two days ago I've done 3.5 -> 5.2. via anaconda (upgradeany). no real 
problems except lack of X drivers after install.