[CentOS] CentOS 5.5 yum update with reference to 5.6

Thu Apr 14 13:36:17 UTC 2011
Bernard Fay <bernard.fay at enodegroup.com>

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:15 PM, William Hooper <whooperhsd at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Bernard Fay <bernard.fay at enodegroup.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello group,
> >
> > I have a CentOS 5.5 server freshly installed.
> >
> > When I do a yum updated package_name, I have referenced to 5.6.  Why?
>
> CentOS "point releases" track the upstream "Update x" releases.  So
> CentOS 5.6 is upstream version 5 update 6.  The point releases are not
> a separate product, just a batch of updates to the base product.  As
> soon as you do a "yum update" to get all the new updates you will have
> a 5.6 install.
>
> https://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34
>
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Oh ok!  I didn't know about this way of tracking version in CentOS.  It is a
different paradigm from the other distros at least for the one I know.

Thanks guys,
Bernard
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