[CentOS] Kickstart with all the latest updates?

Wed Feb 28 14:48:05 UTC 2007
Alfred von Campe <alfred at 110.net>

> 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