Amos Shapira wrote: > Context - I'd like to stick to 5.0 at least for a while until the dust > around 5.1 settles down (and I'm back from holidays). ok, so what do you mean by sticking to 5.0 ? you mean you dont want any updates at all for those machines, even if they might be security issues ? > As an example - In Debian, as long as I stick to "stable" I can be > sure that the only updates I receive there are for heavily tested very > important bugs and security issues, so I should generally apply them. CentOS does not follow the debian release model. > 1. If I read the FAQ correctly, in order to force yum to stay with 5.0 > should I just manually edit /etc/redhat-release from: > > CentOS release 5 (Final) > to: > CentOS release 5.0 (Final) no, there is no such mention abut anything in the FAQ or anywhere else that I can find. What made you believe that changing stuff in that text file will change the repo's your machine is looking at ? > 2. I am hoping that yum-security will allow me to stick to the latest > security updates for 5.0 without forcing me to upgrade to 5.1 until read the release notes about yum-security -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq