Tim Verhoeven wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > >> I just completed my first 5.2 install. For 'completeness' I 'tested out' >> yum update. >> >> Guess what? For this minimum install, there were 43Mb of updates to >> download. >> >> So I went over to my local repo server and setup a /centos/5.2/updates >> directory and started the rsync to get all the updates: >> >> 155 files taking up 943Mb. Already. Wow! Perhaps something to do with the >> initial build problem? But anyone that does an install from the CDs/DVD and >> includes OpenOffice, then turns around and updates, is in for a scary >> supprise. Yet another reason for the local repos.... >> > > This is actually perfectly normal. If you install C5.2 from the > install media you will get what upstream released a month ago. Is there some other way to do an install? I build my local repo from the install media as I learned from the wiki. > Between > then and now they released different updates. These are not but on the > install media but end up in the updates repository to make sure the > our and upstreams install media are as identical as possible. > > And no, the updates repo only contains updates for the running minor > release. So currently it contains updates for 5.2. > > Regards, > Tim > >