Re: Using Current to update RH version?

Thanks.  I just subscribed to the new list.  I'm sorry that I missed the
earlier information about the newer list.

Hunter Matthews wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 09:49, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> > I was wondering if it is possible to use Current to update the version
> > of Red Hat that you are running.  For example, I am running 7.2 on a lot
> > of servers.  Sometime before the end of the year, I will need to update
> > them to a newer version if we are going to keep using Red Hat's errata
> > (I'm not sure what we would update to at this point since RH 8 is
> > currently scheduled for 12/31/2003 end of life as well).  The bulk of my
> > servers are remote (several hours drive away) so I am looking for a
> > solution that will work across a network.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks a bunch!
> 
> Could you subscribe to the users list at current.tigris.org? This list
> is about to go away.
> 
> As to your question, its certainly possible (I know yum has success in
> this area, up2date should be able to do it as well).
> 
> You'll want to test it very carefully before trying it in real life. In
> my particular case, we re-kickstart the box.
> 
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