[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

[Les Mikesell]

Morten Nilsen wrote:
> Robert Nichols wrote:
>> If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates.  The normal update
>> mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action
>> to lock it to the 5.0 release.
> 
> When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet..
> And, no I haven't taken any kind of action to lock it to 5.0.
> 
> I have run "yum update" a few times, but I don't see any signs of it 
> wanting to upgrade to 5.1..

Unlike previous versions in 5.x the /etc/redhat-release doesn't change 
the value to track the minor release.  If "yum update" says you are 
current, you are running 5.1.

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