basic yum questions

R. Hirschfeld yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Jun 14 05:58:01 2004


For a minor version update (using yum) from YDL 3.0 to YDL 3.01, after
editing /etc/yum.conf do I then do "yum update" or "yum upgrade"?  The
man page isn't very detailed about the difference between the two.

How does yum/rpm handle configuration files (such as those in /etc)?
Is there a mechanism to prevent clobbering them when upgrading the
corresponding packages?

Thanks,
Ray