RE: Stay on minor release

Thanks for the input everyone.  In our situation it wouldn't be worth any extra cost to get this feature, but I'm glad to know I'm not missing something simple that would allow it to work.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Perkins
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:08 PM
To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Stay on minor release

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Seth Stone wrote:
> I’ve noticed that with both up2date in RHEL 4 and yum in RHEL 5 my systems are automatically transitioned to the next minor release of the OS.  For example, if I install 5.3 and run “yum update” I will be migrated to 5.4.  Is there any way to designate that you want to update only to the currently installed minor release?
>  
> I’m trying to keep some test servers in sync with systems at our hosting provider that use a satellite RHN server that I can’t access from my test servers.
>  
> I appreciate your response.
>  
> Thanks,
> Seth Stone
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By default, there is no mechanism to lock on to a particular X.Y
release.  However, you may be interested in looking at Extended Update
Support:

http://press.redhat.com/2008/12/18/red-hat-increases-service-levels-and-reduces-costs-for-customers-with-extended-update-support/

This would get you where you need to be and is fully supported with RHN
Hosted and Satellite.

Thanks.
Brandon
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