Scott Silva wrote: > on 3-27-2008 10:50 AM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: >> Robert Nichols wrote: >>> >>> The upgrade to 5.1 is seamless. Your actual version (the >>> replacement for >>> "$releasever" in the URL in the yum config file) is "5", not "5.0", >>> which >>> will always track the latest release. Sounds like the kernel version >>> (currently kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5) is not what is causing your >>> problem. >>> >> I have only recently started using CentOS, and have an interesting >> query on this. If release 5 is always the latest release, does that >> mean when 5.6 comes out, it will still be v5? And how does the >> transition for major releases (from 4 to 5, 5 to 6) work? >> > 5 will always be 5 until it falls off of support. 5.6 is just version > 5 at a set point in time with all the upgrades at the time the freeze > was set. So you get CentOS 5, but with the current kernel and files at > that time. The installer also gets any kernel revisions and patches > that are at that point in time. That way a 5.6 install cd/dvd might > install on hardware that was unsupported in an earlier point release. > > A major release will get the next major number. I don't think any > major release will ever automatically update to the next release, as > upstream has always recommended a wipe and install over major version > upgrades. And since upstream has usually set new releases at an 18-24 > month release cycle, you can usually expect a new major release at > about every 2 years or so. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Cool, thanx for the info :) -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stugg