On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Michael Lampe <lampe at gcsc.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote: >> ... I understand now ... > > No, you don't. > >> is it required to upgrade to each point release in order to continue >> receiving security updates? > > It's strictly linear and one-dimensional. > > Point releases only mark a specific point in time, where you get a > little bit more, e.g. additional drivers, an optional new version of > samba, etc. > > You always type 'yum update' and go ahead. Nothing else. > > _______________________________________________ Please don't quote me out of context. My original sentence was "I understand now that CentOS 5 and all 5.? versions are supported until 2014." Which is correct. Ok, I see that you have to run yum update regularly to keep up with the latest (security) updates.