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2012 May 10
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when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?
...what minor release is the o.s. at if I just update the centos-release package, and no other package? Typically, a 'yum update' is said to take your whole package set to the latest minor release. But what minor release is the o.s. if you just update certain packages (instead of taking all avaailable updates)?
2) Can I apply package updates made in a minor release greater than my current release without detriment to the integrity of the o.s.?
E.g. Suppose all my packages are at versions delivered in v5.6.
Suppose also, that I have a package xyz installed, and that an update to it was made avai...