On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:25 -0400, Tim Wunder wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 9:19:23 am Jim Perrin wrote: > > Minor numbers are update revisions. When 4.5 is released, and you run > > 'yum update' on 4.4, you'll get 4.5. > > > > 4.5 is 4.x + bug/security fixes to that point. The lifespan for > > centos4 is 7 years. During that time, you'll have 4.0 thru 4.18 or > > whatever the final minor point revision ends up being. > > > > Basically yes, you want this upgrade. > > I'm not sure I understand this reply. If a system is installed from 4.4, and > regular updates are done, it's my understanding that there is no compelling > reason to download and install 4.5; that the release of 4.5 is just to > change the starting point for new installs. Correct. As Jim stated, after running 'yum update' when 4.5 is released, a system will be a CentOS 4.5 system. -- Daniel