On 07/21/2011 11:03 AM, Dormition Skete wrote:
Hello.

We already have a server using SL6.0.  I see that 6.1 is probably
going to be coming out soon.  If we just keep our server updated,
will it automatically "become" a 6.1 server, or do we need to
download a new 6.1 DVD when it comes out, and go through the upgrade
process to make the server 6.1?

Any help with this will be appreciated.




Hi,
This is one place where Scientific Linux differs from RHEL.

The default setting for Scientific Linux is for you to "sit on a release". This means that you do not automatically update to the next release, unless you want to. So if you install SL 5.4, you will stay at SL 5.4, getting security updates, until you manually update to whichever release you want.

If you want the same functionality as RHEL (your machine is automatically updated to the latest release) you need to install yum-conf-sl6x.
  yum-conf-sl6x

Troy
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