On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 08:09:22PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > Hi, > > I've read some posts in the forums which seems to indicate that not > every CentOS version is well supported. Is it possible to install > CentOS 5.5 on a server and only apply security updates for 7 years? Or > is the preferred way to upgrade to each minor version? Thanks in > advance! > > Relevant forum quotes: > > Probably not relevant to the problem; however, the current release is > 5.4 - 5.3 is getting seriously obsolete with respect to security > problems and bugs. > http://centos.caosity.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&order=ASC&topic_id=25069&forum=39&move=prev&topic_time=1267482814 > > If you really mean 5.0, it is seriously obsolete and has numerous > known bugs and security issues that have been fixed in subsequent > updates. Obsolete releases are not supported, nor is it advisable to > be installing or running them. See the CentOS 5.5 Release Notes for > details. > https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=26339&forum=37 See: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ RHEL 5.x is supported through March 31, 2014 (thus CentOS will be the same). Ray