On Saturday 19 January 2013 03:51:53 E.B. wrote: > Hi, > > On about 8am GMT Jan 18, my server reported an unusually large > number of yum updates available. > > I think this is due to the release of CentOS 5.9: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.centos.announce/7203 > > However, I just wanted to be a little paranoid, since this is > unusual for my normal yum update reports (over 100 updates > compared to a couple a week). Can someone confirm my suspicion, > or is it possible I have a security issue on my hands? > > Thank you!!!! > Yep CentOS 5.9 was released on thursday. 100+ package updates depending on what you have installed. Upgraded several x64 and i686 servers without problems yesterday. Tony