[CentOS] Kickstart with all the latest updates?
Alfred von Campe
alfred at 110.net
Wed Feb 28 14:48:05 UTC 2007
> On 28/02/07, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver at thenap.com> wrote:
>> So why not just put yum -y update in the %post section of the
>> kickstart?
>
> Because that's explicitly what he didn't want to do in the initial
> question.
Yes, exactly.
> The reasons why, your guess is as good as mine. If the machine's part
> of an automated provisioning system and is, at least in a network
> sense, exposed to untrusted users from the instant it's available
> perhaps he's like the box patched up ASAP?
No, it's not really for security reasons. It's for performance (or
efficiency). Doing the "yum -y update" in the %post adds
considerable time to the total install. I'm working on creating a
CentOS VM to be used here at work, and while I'm still in the testing
phase, I'd like to reduce the turnaround time. Also, I think I can
reduce the VM footprint if I install the final version of all the
RPMS initially, instead of installing 4.4 first and then all the
updates.
Alfred
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