Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce:  On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote:  If you want to take the risk anyway, the following (untested) might work:  Modify

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 03:37:38AM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the following (untested) might work: Modify your

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread nux
Aleksey Tsalolikhin writes: Is there a way to update a CentOS 5.4 server to 5.6 (but not 5.7)? yum update takes me all the way up to 5.7. Use the 5.6 repos from the vault in your yum configs: http://vault.centos.org/5.6/ -- Nux! www.nux.ro ___

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/22/2011 06:20 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/22/2011 06:20 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread Ross Walker
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:32 AM, fred smith fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 03:37:38AM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-23 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, September 22, 2011 07:20:15 AM Rudi Ahlers wrote: surely a few versions of the OS won't take up that much space? 1TB 2TB HDD's these day cost a few dollars so I don't think that's the real reason. And it can't be bandwidth either since the files are mirrored to many other servers

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-22 Thread John Doe
From: Aleksey Tsalolikhin atsaloli.t...@gmail.com Is there a way to update a CentOS 5.4 server to 5.6 (but not 5.7)? yum update takes me all the way up to 5.7. First, this is normal; yum update will always take you to the most recent 5.x Second, you will miss important security/bug fixes by

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the following (untested) might work: Modify your /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo try to replace the baseurl's $releasever with 5.6... no, as the 5.6 specific files are removed when 5.7 is released. you'd have to get a

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-22 Thread Sebastian Schubert
Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the following (untested) might work: Modify your /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo try to replace the baseurl's $releasever with 5.6... no, as the 5.6 specific files are

Re: [CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/22/11 3:08 AM, Sebastian Schubert wrote: Am 22.09.11 11:59, schrieb John R Pierce: On 09/22/11 2:13 AM, John Doe wrote: If you want to take the risk anyway, the following (untested) might work: Modify your /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo try to replace the baseurl's

[CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

2011-09-21 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
Is there a way to update a CentOS 5.4 server to 5.6 (but not 5.7)? yum update takes me all the way up to 5.7. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos