Yum UPDATE vs UPGRADE

[Hans Christian Studt]

Hi,

I have found at least one case where the UPDATE option do not fully replace the depreciated UPGRADE option.

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søn aug 22 15:59:58 (root)@(tux1700)on(pts/16):

(/etc) #yum -y update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
No Packages Available for Update
No actions to take
søn aug 22 16:02:02 (root)@(tux1700)on(pts/16):

(/etc) #yum -y upgrade
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Finding obsoleted packages
Resolving dependencies
.Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[update: compat-db 4.1.25-2.1.i386]
[update: kernel-sourcecode 2.6.8-1.521.noarch]
I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies:
[deps: compat-libstdc++ 7.3-2.96.126.i386]
Downloading Packages
Getting kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm
kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1 100% |=========================|  44 MB   227:31
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
compat-libstdc++ 100 % done 1/4
compat-db 100 % done 2/4
kernel-sourcecode 100 % done 3/4
Erasing: kernel-source 4/4
Updated:  compat-db 4.1.25-2.1.i386 kernel-sourcecode 2.6.8-1.521.noarch
Dep Installed:  compat-libstdc++ 7.3-2.96.126.i386
Transaction(s) Complete
søn aug 22 19:53:05 (root)@(tux1700)on(pts/16):

(/etc) #
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