On 03/27/2014 08:51 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/27/2014 07:37 AM, Steve Clark wrote: >> On 03/27/2014 08:26 AM, Robert Heller wrote: >>> At Thu, 27 Mar 2014 02:52:51 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alexnder, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the info. I know its quite old but I cant update as its running >>>> with cluster suite and its a production unit.  Moreover its not feasible to >>>> upgrade as I have hundreds for apps and data lying on the system. Backing >>>> all of this not very continent. >>> First of all, you can update to 5.10 using yum (a 'yum update' will >>> automagically update to 5.10). I don't know how this would affect the >>> clustering, though. >>> >>>> Regards >>>> Hersh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, 27 March 2014 1:30 PM, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 27.03.2014 06:22, schrieb Hersh Parikh: >>>>> Hi Frank, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for quick response. Does it mean that I cant have glib 2.7 on centos 5.4? >>>> Right, you can't. If you install a different glibc than the one provided >>>> by CentOS 5, then your system will be completely broken. The glibc is a >>>> very important and central library set for the system. >>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Hersh >>>> Btw. CentOS 5.4 is outdated, vulnerable and the current release is 5.10. >>>> Please update. >>>> >>>> Alexander >>>> >> As I just pointed out in a previous email to the list - I did a yum upgrade from 6.4 to 6.5 and is broke our >> OSPF network. I had to revert back to the last 6.4 kernel to get it working again. >> > That certainly does happen and individual packages can be excluded (and > the bugs reported) ... but upgrades still need to happen whenever possible. > > We have released 4 different kernels since 6.5 (so 5 kernels including > the one on the 6.5 iso ... so keep checking if it works). > > Again, these updates happen because there are issues that need to be > fixed, and it is very important that they get applied. > Hi Johnny, First let me thank you and the CentOS team for the great work that you do! Secondly I don't disagree about the need to keep our systems current, but Hersh indicated that this was a clustered production system and I was merely pointing out that there could be breakage by doing an upgrade. Regards, -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com