Hi, I have downloaded and installed centos 4.1 from DVD and I a little confused with the update procedure. The faq from the centos.org site mentions something like 72 hrs (or less) from one security update to goes from the sources.rpm from rh to centos. I was cheking rh's site (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html) and saw one update to mysql (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html) that I can't get using yum upgrade. For example. My mysql is mysql.i386 0:4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 and rh is mysql-4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1.src.rpm.. I am using the standard yum.conf/yum.repos.d. Is this a mirror problem or it is taking longer than expected for the updates to be available ? tks.
Hi Bryan, Thanks for the reply. That was my first post to the list and sorry if my next comments seem too hard but... My idea to move from fedora to centos was trying to get a stable distribution that I can afford with long term plans for support. Fedora works fine for me but it's focus on bleeding edge tends to leave "old" (1 year-old) releases without "strong" support. They have the legacy but even that stop a while. On the other hand wait a week for a security update come from rh to centos seems too much. Some may argue that I can always grab the src myself and compile/install but that is not the point here. Is there anything I can do to help ? On 10/12/05, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:> mbneto <mbneto at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have downloaded and installed centos 4.1 from DVD and I a > > little confused with the update procedure. > > You can be certain that Johnny is too busy to respond, as > he's trying to get CentOS 4.2 out with the dozens of updates > that came after even it. > > Within 72 hours is typical when it's a few packages. RHEL 4 > Update 2 will result in a CentOS 4.2 update that requires > around 100 or so. ;-> > > -- Bryan > > P.S. Now if "Mr. K" would stop banning people he doesn't > like (rather obviously with clear lack of objectivity) and > help good people like Johnny, that would be nice. ;-> > > > > -- > Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail > mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any > http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers) >
mbneto wrote: ...> The faq from the centos.org site mentions something like 72 hrs (or > less) from one security update to goes from the sources.rpm from rh to > centos.CentOS is made, for free, by a group of volunteers. They generously donate their time, their computers and their bandwidth to the community at large, for which I profusely thank them. If you need the top service of RedHat, which I also thank for not only developing a great product but making possible to have CentOS and others, then you can subscribe to RedHat carpet service. -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work Cisco/Microsoft
I would just like to point out that usually updates are received within 72 hours or less!! CentOS 4 U2 , this will be a major job for Johnny and the other guys,but I have no doubt it will be up to their usual high standard. Perhaps i have read this and recent posts incorrectly....folks seem to be complaining about a product they get for free and probably do not contribute towards....perhaps some perspective is required and less neediness? Just my thoughts Great job guys!! On 12/10/05, mbneto <mbneto at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi, > > I have downloaded and installed centos 4.1 from DVD and I a little > confused with the update procedure. > > The faq from the centos.org <http://centos.org> site mentions something > like 72 hrs (or > less) from one security update to goes from the sources.rpm from rh to > centos. > > I was cheking rh's site > (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html) and saw one update > to mysql (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html) that I > can't get using yum upgrade. > > For example. My mysql is mysql.i386 0:4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 and rh is > mysql-4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1.src.rpm.. > > I am using the standard yum.conf/yum.repos.d. > > Is this a mirror problem or it is taking longer than expected for the > updates to be available ? > > tks. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Filianx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051013/103b9cc0/attachment-0002.html>