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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin