On 2014-07-15, Dilip Basavaraju <DILIP.KUMARB at LNTTECHSERVICES.COM> wrote: > I am using centos 6.5 minimal version, some of the updates may not be relevant for my OS. I believe "yum update" updates only currently-installed packages, so they should all be relevant. > So I need to verify and decide the patches and accordingly need to update my OS. > Please is there any way for this? yum update also prompts you to confirm the install before proceeding. But as I wrote earlier, "yum update kernel*" will attempt to update just the kernel packages (and prompt for confirmation before installing). --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us