John R Pierce wrote: > Renato Botelho wrote: > >> My question is not *how* to update, but how the rpm detects a >> new version is available and automatically update to rpms from >> 5.4 version. >> >> > > I believe it gets the updates from /5/ on the yum repos, not /5.x/ > so when /5/ has rolled to be a link to /5.4/ instead of /5.3/, voila, > its getting the components from there. > Exactly. The "5.3" and "5.4" versions are a just collection of updates. When the updates that make up 5.4 are pushed out to the repos, you get updated to 5.4 on your next "yum update". -- Bowie