CentOS - Nov 2020 - yum update security updates only

Hello,

I'm trying to do a yum update and only apply the security patches.

I'm aware of yum update --security , however when I do that it fails to
install any updates.  I've tried this on a fresh 7.8.2003 (core) system, as
well as the Centos 7 AMI on AWS, specifically ami-04a25c39dc7a8aebb and I
get the same results.

There are definitely security updates to apply.

For each package which needs to be updated, it lists "<package
name>" from
updates removed (updateinfo).

Does anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks,
Eric

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:52:08 -0800
Eric Chennells wrote:
> Does anyone know what's going on here?
That is unsupported by Centos.  So the short answer is, you can't do that.

Any particular reason you can't just update your system fully?

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Frank,

Interesting thank you I didn't realize that.  It used to be supported I
believe, and there is a lot of out of date 3rd party documentation floating
around google that suggests it does.

Well it's just that many enterprises have policies which state that only
security updates should be installed, which I suspect is exactly why that
feature is no longer supported..

Eric


On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 3:55 PM Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:52:08 -0800
> Eric Chennells wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what's going on here?
>
> That is unsupported by Centos.  So the short answer is, you can't do
that.
>
> Any particular reason you can't just update your system fully?
>
> --
> Can we uninstall 2020 and install it again? This one has a virus.
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
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