On 14 May 2010 13:51, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM, sheraz naz <sheraznaz at yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to upgrade a system running 4.1 to 4.2, but before I do I want to >> list out all the packages that will be updated/installed/removed. I can run >> up2date -l to get a list of updates but does that show packages that need to >> be installed and removed as well or just the updates? >> >> Second, how would I go about upgrading 4.1 to 4.2 instead of 4.8 (i.e. >> latest update). > > OK, ignoring the "why??", the approach would be to get the 4.2 DVD ISO > then mount it as a package repository. Point your system to that > repository then run the update. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Some relevant information... from http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4.2/readme This directory (and version of CentOS) is depreciated. For normal users, you should use /4/ and not /4.3/ in your path. Please see this FAQ concerning the CentOS release scheme: http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34 If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to remain at the 4.3 level, go to http://vault.centos.org/ for packages. So you *could* use http://vault.centos.org/4.2/ for your repository information and get updates to the baseline of 4.2 and no further.... but then you will be missing any bug or security fixes for the last 4 years give or take. James