[Centos] Setting up a local yum repository for CentOS-3.1

[John Newbigin]

I think I am getting an idea of what is going on...

All the patches (ever) for CentOS-3 are in 3.1 updates.
Only patches from _after_ CentOS-3.3 are in 3.3 updates.
If this is the case, then the only reason _not_ to stay with the 3.1 
updates directory is that I have to edit my yum config file after I 
install centos-release-3.3-1.

Assuming this is correct, has anyone planned what will happen after U4 
comes out?

Thanks

John.


seth vidal wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 17:02 +1000, John Newbigin wrote:
> 
>>Is there an approved procedure for setting up a local yum repository 
>>which has all the CentOS-3 patches (3.1 & 3.3)?  I don't want to have 2 
>>directories, just a single directory which has all the patches I need. 
> 
> 
> 3.3 - base + 3.3 updates has all the patches you'll need. If you want to
> merge 3.3 base + 3.3 updates into one dir then just copy them together
> and run yum-arch.
> 
> 
>>I though the 3.3 directory would have these included but it seems not. 
> 
> 
> 3.3 + 3.3 updates should be everything you need.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>If I manually upgrade to centos-release-3.3 (before installing all the 
>>3.1 patches) then I will not get any outstanding patches from 3.1, which 
>>  might be a problem.
> 
> 
> you shouldn't no.
> 
> 
> 
>>As a side issue, is there any reasons for anyone not to upgrade to 3.3? 
>>and is running 3.1 still secure?
> 
> 
> 3.1 has all the updates applied to it just as 3.3 does.
> 
> so no difference.
> 
> 
> -sv
> 
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John Newbigin
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Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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