[CentOS] CentOS 6.3 packages updates options without upgrading.

Tue Nov 8 05:59:39 UTC 2016
Dipal Bhatt <dipal.bhatt at gmail.com>

The specs may have certain dependency on subset of 6.3 packages, but not
for all other packages/binaries, as I mentioned earlier.  So, to keep
things rather intact, we would simply meet requirements by only updating
"selected packages only".  And, for now, that should be considered
intermittent solution until we can safely land to a proper job as you
mentioned.  So, would there be any issue by upgrading "selected only
packages" temporarily?  For example, only updating nss-util or openssl to
6.8 version.  Thanks all, appreciated very much.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 23:33:56 -0600
> Dipal Bhatt wrote:
>
> > But, yes, there's
> > no way to update the 6.3 to 6.8 as I repeatedly mentioned which is the
> only
> > requirement/constraint.
>
> It occurs to me to ask what you consider to be version 6.3.  If you update
> any of the rpms to the 6.8 version you are no longer running version 6.3.
> If the spec requires 6.3 and nothing else, then you will no longer be
> compatible with the spec as soon as you install the first 6.8 rpm.
>
> On the other hand, if you are allowed to install 6.8 rpms, then what's
> keeping you back from doing a proper job instead of a halfway and
> half-assed one?
>
> Upgrading "selected packages only" will leave you with something that's
> neither fish or fowl, and it won't meet your requirements as stated either.
>
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