[CentOS] "Point Releases" Question

Mon Sep 14 14:59:58 UTC 2009
Ralph Angenendt <ralph.angenendt at gmail.com>

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 10:51 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Let say 5.4 goes out today;  If I fully update (today) my 5.2 system...will it 
> be equivalent to 5.4 (all RPM packages with same version/release number?)? 

Yes.

> Or is it possible for the new point release to include NEW packages that 
> weren't on the base relase (in this case CentOS 5)?

Yes.

The release notes will have a section if/which packages have been
removed or are new to the release (or have been updated).

Ralph