[CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
Hey folks, I am sure there must be an easy way to do this. I am currently running 5.3 and yum info db4 tells me that they have version 4.3.29. Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7? I don't want to yum upgrade just yet. I have to research a number of things before upgrading, and this is one of them. thanks, -Alan -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, I am sure there must be an easy way to do this. I am currently running 5.3 and yum info db4 tells me that they have version 4.3.29. Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7? I don't want to yum upgrade just yet. I have to research a number of things before upgrading, and this is one of them. thanks, -Alan If you have questions on the 5.7 version why not building a virtual machine and do tests on it? Fabien ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On 11/30/2011 10:31 AM, Fabien Archambault wrote: On 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, I am sure there must be an easy way to do this. I am currently running 5.3 and yum info db4 tells me that they have version 4.3.29. Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7? I don't want to yum upgrade just yet. I have to research a number of things before upgrading, and this is one of them. thanks, -Alan If you have questions on the 5.7 version why not building a virtual machine and do tests on it? To answer your question, yum info or yum upgrade will give you the latest in the 5.x stream. -- Bowie ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
Vreme: 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay piše: Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? It's the latest version of the 5.x stream. It looks like it was last changed in 5.5. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:28, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, I am sure there must be an easy way to do this. I am currently running 5.3 and yum info db4 tells me that they have version 4.3.29. Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7? I don't want to yum upgrade just yet. I have to research a number of things before upgrading, and this is one of them. Browse a mirror: http://mirror.wiredtree.com/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/db4-4.3.29-10.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm It's very rare that point release update/upgrades within a major version will b0rk anything. That's the point of running an enterprise OS, there shouldn't be any major changes within a release. Testing in a VM like Fabien mentioned is also a pretty good idea. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:37, Bowie Bailey bowie_bai...@buc.com wrote: On 11/30/2011 10:31 AM, Fabien Archambault wrote: On 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, I am sure there must be an easy way to do this. I am currently running 5.3 and yum info db4 tells me that they have version 4.3.29. Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? Or that this is the latest version in the 5.x stream? If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7? I don't want to yum upgrade just yet. I have to research a number of things before upgrading, and this is one of them. thanks, -Alan If you have questions on the 5.7 version why not building a virtual machine and do tests on it? To answer your question, yum info or yum upgrade will give you the latest in the 5.x stream. I suggested going directly to a mirror and check, just in case he had the url to 5.3 hard coded in his .repo file. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
Normally I would have a VM for this sort of thing but I still do not have a machine available for that and I'm hesitant to put VMWare Server on one of my production machines. I'm new here and have already flagged that I need a box for VMs - hoping to have something in place by this time next week. Thanks all for your help! -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:44, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Normally I would have a VM for this sort of thing but I still do not have a machine available for that and I'm hesitant to put VMWare Server on one of my production machines. I'm new here and have already flagged that I need a box for VMs - hoping to have something in place by this time next week. I'd be hesitant to put an EOL product on my production machines as well. Look at xen, kvm, or virtualbox for your virt needs. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
I'd be hesitant to put an EOL product on my production machines as well. Let me rephrase that - I am hesitant to put ANY virtualization on these production machines. Mainly because I am very new here and do not know the environment very well yet. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] checking package versions in various releases
On 11/30/2011 10:15 AM, Alan McKay wrote: I'd be hesitant to put an EOL product on my production machines as well. Let me rephrase that - I am hesitant to put ANY virtualization on these production machines. Mainly because I am very new here and do not know the environment very well yet. The answer to your question is this: yum info will tell you 2 things. The installed version and the latest available version. The installed version(s) are all versions of that on your machine ... usually only kernel will have more than one. The available version is the latest in the repos that you have active. If you have your own repo then it would be the latest in your repo. If you use the default repos, then it would be the latest available for the entire 5.x tree (currently 5.7). You can also just look here to see the latest as well: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/ or if there are no updates for a package then here: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
