CentOS - Nov 2011 - checking package versions in various releases

Hey folks,

I am sure there must be an easy way to do this.

I am currently running 5.3 and "yum info db4" tells me that they have
version 4.3.29.

Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3?  Or that this is
the latest version in the 5.x stream?

If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software
(sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7?

I don't want to "yum upgrade" just yet.  I have to research a
number
of things before upgrading, and this is one of them.

thanks,
-Alan

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On 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I am sure there must be an easy way to do this.
>
> I am currently running 5.3 and "yum info db4" tells me that they
have
> version 4.3.29.
>
> Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3?  Or that this is
> the latest version in the 5.x stream?
>
> If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software
> (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7?
>
> I don't want to "yum upgrade" just yet.  I have to research a
number
> of things before upgrading, and this is one of them.
>
> thanks,
> -Alan
>
If you have questions on the 5.7 version why not building a virtual 
machine and do tests on it?

Fabien

Vreme: 11/30/2011 04:28 PM, Alan McKay pi?e:
> Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3?  Or that this is
> the latest version in the 5.x stream?
It's the latest version of the 5.x stream.

It looks like it was last changed in 5.5.

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:28, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I am sure there must be an easy way to do this.
>
> I am currently running 5.3 and "yum info db4" tells me that they
have
> version 4.3.29.
>
> Is that telling me that this is the version in 5.3? ?Or that this is
> the latest version in the 5.x stream?
>
> If the former, then how do I find out what release of the db4 software
> (sleepcat berkeley db) is in 5.7?
>
> I don't want to "yum upgrade" just yet. ?I have to research a
number
> of things before upgrading, and this is one of them.

Browse a mirror:
http://mirror.wiredtree.com/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/db4-4.3.29-10.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm

It's very rare that point release update/upgrades within a major
version will b0rk anything.

That's the point of running an enterprise OS, there shouldn't be any
major changes within a release.

Testing in a VM like Fabien mentioned is also a pretty good idea.