From: Ritika Garg <ritikagarg25 at gmail.com> >I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am >planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that the >update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed on the >system? Is there anything particular to note before updating the system? I think: yum clean all && yum update glibc\* yum clean all && yum update yum\* rpm\* python\* yum update" And watch out for the .rpmsave or .rpmnew files... JD