[CentOS] yum updates not working

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On 09/20/14 00:24, Joseph Godino wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-09-19 at 13:10 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Joseph Godino <jgodino5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I think my software updates are not working. I know a Firefox update was
>>> announced yesterday but when I try sudo yum update I get a message
>>> saying that no packages are marked for update. I tried sudo yum clean
>>> all but I still get the same response.
>>> Any suggestions?
>> A 'yum info firefox'  should show what is installed and what is
>> available in the repo if that is dfiferent.
>
> It appears I have Firefox 28. I though the update was for Firefox 31.
> The output of yum info firefox follows.
>
> [jgodino at nebkheprure Desktop]$ yum info firefox
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>   * base: mirror.clarkson.edu
>   * epel: fedora.mirror.nexicom.net
>   * extras: mirror.raystedman.net
>   * nux-dextop: mirror.li.nux.ro
>   * updates: mirror.lug.udel.edu
> Installed Packages
> Name        : firefox
> Arch        : x86_64
> Version     : 24.8.0
> Release     : 1.el7.centos
> Size        : 87 M
> Repo        : installed
>  From repo   : updates
> Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> License     : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> Description : Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed
> for
>              : standards compliance, performance and portability.
>
> Available Packages
> Name        : firefox
> Arch        : i686
> Version     : 24.8.0
> Release     : 1.el7.centos
> Size        : 48 M
> Repo        : updates/7/x86_64
> Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> License     : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> Description : Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed
> for
>              : standards compliance, performance and portability.
>
>
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The announcement was from Mozilla, not CentOS. CentOS 7 has been 
released, so there'll be no enhancement related updates which includes 
FF 31.

You need to use a different repository if you need the latest.