> Sorry if this is somewhat naive, but I'm a little confused as to what the > criteria is for that which will get upgraded automatically by yum and what >will > > not. > > I see in our logwatch messages from time to time that yum upgraded a bunch >of > > stuff, but I also notice that yum will not upgrade other packages at all (easy > > example is clamav, but there are others). > > Can someone explain or point me to where I can read about the distinction > between what is and is not subjected to automatic upgrade? More info: yum-updatesd is running and I do not have yum-cron. yum-updatesd does a fine job from what I can tell, but I still cannot understand what criteria it applies to know which packages get upgraded and which do not. (?) The yum-updatesd configuration file is ultra-simple, so that doesn't seem to be where the update choice/distinction is being made. There seem to be people posting in various places that they prefer to use yum-cron, but I have no problems with yum-updatesd and I suspect yum-cron wouldn't address/answer my question anyway. Help?