Hey everyone, This is the first time I've ever used a mailing-list so bear with me :-) I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, MySQL, and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is 5.1.6, the MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3 I ran yum to update, thinking it would update them to 5.2.6, 5.0.51a-community, 2.2.9 respectively: # yum makecache # yum update Of course after some time, I realize that the CentOS 5 repos only have those versions as the latest rpms in the list. So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum? Best Regards, Justin Bull http://www.c3studios.ca/pubkey.asc (PGP Public Key) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080728/09e6cdf3/attachment-0001.html>
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Justin <justin.bull at c3studios.ca> wrote:> Hey everyone, > > This is the first time I've ever used a mailing-list so bear with me :-) > > I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed > CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, MySQL, > and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is 5.1.6, the > MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3 > > I ran yum to update, thinking it would update them to 5.2.6, > 5.0.51a-community, 2.2.9 respectively: > > # yum makecache > # yum update > > Of course after some time, I realize that the CentOS 5 repos only have those > versions as the latest rpms in the list. > > So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the > latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum?Welcome to CentOS. You might want to start by reading: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/?sc_cid=3093 Akemi
on 7-28-2008 4:16 PM Justin spake the following:> Hey everyone, > > This is the first time I've ever used a mailing-list so bear with me :-) > > I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed > CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, > MySQL, and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is > 5.1.6, the MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3 > > I ran yum to update, thinking it would update them to 5.2.6, > 5.0.51a-community, 2.2.9 respectively: > > # yum makecache > # yum update > > Of course after some time, I realize that the CentOS 5 repos only have > those versions as the latest rpms in the list. > > So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the > latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum? > > Best Regards, > > Justin Bull > http://www.c3studios.ca/pubkey.asc (PGP Public Key)CentOS will never have the latest and greatest of anything. That is not how Enterprise Linux distributions work. They are designed to be stable and unchanging over their lifespan of half a decade or more. If you want the latest and greatest, along with whatever new issues and problems they might have, CentOS is not for you. Now if you want somewhat newer, you can look at the CentOSplus repo. It can have newer packages. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080728/380ebf9c/attachment-0001.sig>
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Justin <justin.bull at c3studios.ca> wrote:> I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed > CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, MySQL, > and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is 5.1.6, the > MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3If you do some research, you will find that Hostik helped you, by installing this great (IMHO) distribution on your server. What you will get from CentOS, among other things, are: security, stability, a very long life and super support from many of the highly experienced people on this mailing list.> So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the > latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum?As Scott wrote, you will rarely get the latest and greatest versions on this or any other Enterprise distro. And, you probably should not have them, on a server. Welcome to CentOS and to Enterprise Linux and good luck with your new dedicated box. Do some reading, on the CentOS Wiki and Download the Manuals from the CentOS web site and you can begin learning how to secure your server.