Re: up2date - package update dependency

I have several servers that need to be patched with RHEL AS 3 and its been a long time
since up2date was run on them.
I need to catchup with the latest erratas. 

I have registered my RHEL AS 3 servers with RHN and for each server there are loads of
erratas that need to be applied.

So basically one should apply all erratas to each server using up2date -u ? 

Dan

>On 1/26/2007 2:43 AM, Aries Star wrote:
> We have servers which have not been updated with patches for quite some 
> time (since year 2005). The latest package usually have the following 
> dependancy:
> 
> "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
> relevant to your system have been applied."
>
>What I didn't mention in my other posting is *why* you need to do this. 
>  One of the key reasons is that package foo may have a requirement for 
>say package bar.  When you up2date, it will update bar only if bar isn't 
>at the version specificied in the dependency.  If the version is okay 
>but is missing some critical security fixes, it won't be updated 
>automatically.
>
>One other key reason to update all of the previously released errata is 
>that the testing for the latest updates is only done against the current 
>versions of the packages.  It's totally impractical for Red Hat (or 
>anybody else) to test the latest update of the package you're interested 
>in against all previous permutations of patches on your system.  They 
>simply bring the systems up to date and then test against that set.
>
>This is why you should not attempt to pick and choose which updates to 
>apply - even if you think the update may not be relevant to you, you 
>should apply them all.  Exceptions may apply to those who really know 
>what they're doing...
>
>	.../Ed
>
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