Re: [389-users] Yum Update vs Yum Upgrade

The yum man page explains it: basically upgrade removes obsoleted packages. I don't know that it will affect the 389 packages but it's always a good idea to use upgrade with caution.

-morgan

On May 20, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 05/20/2014 10:58 AM, Fong, Trevor wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> After taking over the LDAP service from a colleague, I updated the 389 DS service to the latest release by issuing a "yum update …". Then when searching around the 389-ds documentation, I came across the install page that said that I must use "yum upgrade …" and not update.
>>
>> My question is what's the difference between yum update and upgrade?
>
> I think they are the same. If someone knows any difference between "yum update" and "yum upgrade" I'd like to hear it.
>
>> Is it OK if I leave it like that or should I do the yum upgrade?
>
> It is OK to leave it like that.
>
>> The service seems to be running OK after "yum update", so far.
>>
>> I went from 1.2.11.15-14.el6_4 --> 1.2.11.29-1.el6
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Trev
>>
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