[CentOS] yum update

[Ron Loftin]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 08:53 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Geoff Galitz wrote:
> >>> Can any one clarify this, is auto updating at all production servers
> >>> recommended or not?
> >>> need to know your opinion, how do you manage the update?
> >>>
> > 
> > 
> > I've worked on projects where backend configuration files changed in syntax
> > or architecture between releases, which were released as updates... so I
> > know for a fact updates can break a running system.
> 
> On CentOS?  Fedora does that all the time but _not_ having behavior-changing 
> updates in the long life of a major release is most of the point of 'enterprise' 
> distributions.  It's probably not perfect - and I wouldn't do auto-updates on 
> production servers either but it should at least be very unusual for a CentOS 
> update to break anything.
> 

I agree.  However, my experience with CentOS requires me to state that
updates modifying config files is rare, but NOT unknown.  Precautions
such as testing on non-production systems, should be taken, if only to
deal with Murphy's Law.

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