basic yum questions

[mascarasnake]

Hey Ray,

R. Hirschfeld wrote:

> 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.
> 

You want to run a yum update. the upgrade option is *deprecated* 
(meaning that it still works, but the authors may remove that feature 
sometime in the next decade or so). They do the same thing, essentially.

> 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?
> 

Yum shouldn't change anything if it doesn't need to and, in my 
experience, won't without letting you know or asking.
  If you are really 'noided about this, back up. I do this even on Mac 
OS. If I think a new version of an app is going to be buggy, I make sure 
I have a copy of the old one on a separate drive (actually, I keep 
copies of the installers - .dmg, .sit, .tar.gz, etc and rotate them out 
after a while when I see the new app behaving). Backups are good.

> Thanks,
> Ray

g'luck

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