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...sue by upgrading "selected only packages" temporarily? For example, only updating nss-util or openssl to 6.8 version. Thanks all, appreciated very much. On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 23:33:56 -0600 > Dipal Bhatt wrote: > > > But, yes, there's > > no way to update the 6.3 to 6.8 as I repeatedly mentioned which is the > only > > requirement/constraint. > > It occurs to me to ask what you consider to be version 6.3. If you update > any of the rpms to the 6.8 version...

...hell folks are saying > you are free to try but when it blows up...you better have a total backup > to restore the entire box. Your first priority should be getting whatever > is holding you back from proper system updates and security out of the way. > > On Nov 8, 2016 00:59, "Dipal Bhatt" <dipal.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote: > > > The specs may have certain dependency on subset of 6.3 packages, but not > > for all other packages/binaries, as I mentioned earlier. So, to keep > > things rather intact, we would simply meet requirements by only updat...

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:12 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 11/7/2016 8:33 PM, Dipal Bhatt wrote: > >> Unfortunately, there's not possibility in this specific situation to be >> able to update from 6.3 -> 6.8. >> > > any such external specifications that insist you run an old obsolete > operating system are inherently broken. I hope this serve...

> > > > Show us this "no way to update system properly" to get a clear big picture > that is allowing us to provide you with potentially better solutions. > Thanks really Leon very much w/ a very resourceful info. esp release notes helps across minor versions. So, this is for a friend of mine, and I have been told that they will not currently consider updating their

...ds of things. In a nutshell folks are saying you are free to try but when it blows up...you better have a total backup to restore the entire box. Your first priority should be getting whatever is holding you back from proper system updates and security out of the way. On Nov 8, 2016 00:59, "Dipal Bhatt" <dipal.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote: > The specs may have certain dependency on subset of 6.3 packages, but not > for all other packages/binaries, as I mentioned earlier. So, to keep > things rather intact, we would simply meet requirements by only updating > "sele...

Hi, IT seems, centos6.3 does no longer get any updates esp security fixes as per readme here: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.3/readme Is there updated source RPMs that can be rebuilt and hand patched, for example, nss-util 3.21.0-2 or openssl 1.0.1e that can be safely used on CentOS 6.3? Any other options that you can shed some light on, highly appreciated for above examples. My apologies if

Hi, Thanks for your responses. Unfortunately, there's not possibility in this specific situation to be able to update from 6.3 -> 6.8. But, it would be nice to be able to update specific packages to latest that's available in 6.8 repo at http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ For example, nss-util-3.21.0-2.el6.i686.rpm

...39;s the constraint it seems hence, there's inquiry of other options. But, looks like, any el6 package should work as long as we meet the dependencies? Kindly thanks for many help. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 10:55 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 11/8/2016 6:27 AM, Dipal Bhatt wrote: > >> Thanks really Leon very much w/ a very resourceful info. esp release notes >> helps across minor versions. So, this is for a friend of mine, and I have >> been told that they will not currently consider updating their userland >> from 6.3 to 6.8 but onl...

...uation, in stead, we are taking a look into options of updating only hand picked packages on Centos 6.3 to latest. Any other guidance is welcome and appreciated. On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:47 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:33:22 -0600 > Dipal Bhatt wrote: > > > Simply updating these packages on 6.3, would there be any issues w/o > > updating rest of the packages from 6.3 to 6.8? > > I suppose you could try it and see what happens. That comes with a > two-part warranty: If it breaks, you own both pieces. > &g...

Am 08.11.2016 um 07:14 schrieb Dipal Bhatt <dipal.bhatt at gmail.com>: > Thanks very much, understood. so, it seems, upgrading selected packages is > probably going to be fine except where the compatibility matters where it > would break all kinds of things. Let me rephrase it, to be clear. Its NOT fine to update sel...

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:33:22 -0600 Dipal Bhatt wrote: > Simply updating these packages on 6.3, would there be any issues w/o > updating rest of the packages from 6.3 to 6.8? I suppose you could try it and see what happens. That comes with a two-part warranty: If it breaks, you own both pieces. As you have been told earlier, th...

On 11/7/2016 8:33 PM, Dipal Bhatt wrote: > Unfortunately, there's not possibility in this specific situation to be able to update from 6.3 -> 6.8. any such external specifications that insist you run an old obsolete operating system are inherently broken. I hope this server isn't connected to the internet,...

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 23:33:56 -0600 Dipal Bhatt wrote: > But, yes, there's > no way to update the 6.3 to 6.8 as I repeatedly mentioned which is the only > requirement/constraint. It occurs to me to ask what you consider to be version 6.3. If you update any of the rpms to the 6.8 version you are no longer running version 6.3...

On 11/8/2016 6:27 AM, Dipal Bhatt wrote: > Thanks really Leon very much w/ a very resourceful info. esp release notes > helps across minor versions. So, this is for a friend of mine, and I have > been told that they will not currently consider updating their userland > from 6.3 to 6.8 but only selected few packag...

On 11/8/2016 9:28 AM, Dipal Bhatt wrote: > Unfortunately, that's the constraint it seems hence, there's inquiry of > other options. But, looks like, any el6 package should work as long as we > meet the dependencies? mixing current 6.8 packages with very old 6.3 packages and libraries is a recipe for proble...