on 3-27-2008 11:36 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Robert Nichols wrote: >>> 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.. >>> >>> 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? >> > > Let me relate this to Windows :D > > CentOS-5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3 are like XP, XP Service Pack 1, and XP > Service Pack 2. > Does that mean my systems will crash daily and I will need to buy a new version and a new computer to put it on every couple of years? And please don't tell me that CentOS 6 will be like Vista, or I will be going back to my sliderule! ;-P -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080327/6adfb383/attachment-0005.sig>