Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 10/12/2010 11:29 AM, Ritika Garg wrote: > I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but > now am planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any > possibility that the update might hamper the execution of any > software/application installed on the system? Is t

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread John Doe
From: Rudi Ahlers > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> On 10/12/2010 11:33 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >>> but the process would probably be the same for both "yum update" and >>> "yum upgrade" in this case. >> Just for completeness sake - 'upgrade' has been deprecated for

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread John Doe
From: Ritika Garg >I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am >planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that >the >update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed on the >system? Is there anything particul

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 10/12/2010 11:52 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Just for completeness sake - 'upgrade' has been deprecated for a few >> years now. > oh, really? I didn't even know that.. Why is it still available then? One of the core focus for CentOS platform is to not break stuff for people - in this case y

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 10/12/2010 11:33 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> but the process would probably be the same for both "yum update" and >> "yum upgrade" in this case. > > Just for completeness sake - 'upgrade' has been deprecated for a few > years now. > > - KB

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 10/12/2010 11:33 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > but the process would probably be the same for both "yum update" and > "yum upgrade" in this case. Just for completeness sake - 'upgrade' has been deprecated for a few years now. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Ritika Garg wrote: > I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am > planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that > the update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed > on the s

[CentOS] updating centOS5.3

2010-10-12 Thread Ritika Garg
I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that the update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed on the system? Is there anything particular to note before updating th