When will CentOS 5.1 become available ?

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by hughesjr » 2007/11/09 12:27:53

As already stated elsewhere in this thread (but I want to make sure people understand this too :-D ) upgrades between minor versions (the [b]y[/b] in CentOS-X.[b]y[/b]) in the [b]same major release[/b] (the [b]X[/b] in CentOS-[b]X[/b].y) should always be doable via yum with no real problems...

That means upgrading from 3.1 to 3.9, 4.3 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.1 all require nothing more than a [b]yum update[/b] (I use [b]yum upgrade[/b] ... but on new versions it is the same).

What is not supported in yum updates is changing [b]Major[/b] releases...

That means upgrades from 3.9 to 4.5 ...OR... upgrades from 4.5 to 5.1 can [b]NOT[/b] be accomplished via yum.

Hopefully this is clear

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by salexson » 2007/11/09 16:18:26

Will this include a kernel update, or will it still include 2.6.18? I had problems with my SATA controller (ATI SB600) once I upgrade to 4GB. Upgrading the kernel to 2.6.23 fixed it.

Also, I heard that it will include several updates to the e1000 driver for Intel Gigabit network cards. Can anyone ellaborate on? I currently have 4 Intel cards that do not work with 4GB RAM installed. I get Tx Unit Hang errors. I have upgraded to the latest kernel (2.6.23, x86_64 compiled), and the most recent stable version of the driver (downloaded from sourceforge, as directed by Intel). They still don't work. Anyone know if these issues will be resolved in the 5.1 update?

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by WhatsHisName » 2007/11/09 17:40:56

Following up on hughesjr's comments (post #11), if you have modified or replaced /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo (e.g., you are using a local mirror), there is one thing to watch for when making a minor release yum update.


The minor release yum update will update the centos-release package, which typically results in either the updating/creation of /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo or the creation of /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew.

If you are like me and create a new .repo file for the local mirror and hide/remove the CentOS-Base.repo, updating centos-release will cause each centos repo to be defined twice, once for the local mirror and once for the centos mirrors. The simple fix is to move/remove the new /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.

If you have modified /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo, it is likely that updating the centos-release package will cause the creation of /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew. Any improvements in the .rpmnew version should be incorporated into your locally defined .repo file. It is also possible that the centos-release updating will overwrite your locally modified CentOS-Base.repo file.


My practice is to first update the centos-release package and then to resolve issues in /etc/yum.repos.d before proceeding with the other updates.

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by toracat » 2007/11/09 20:43:46

You've earned one point for this excellent note :-D

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by ANogin » 2007/11/10 05:32:26

[quote]
salexson wrote:
Will this include a kernel update, or will it still include 2.6.18? [/quote]
RHEL 5.1 comes with kernel-2.6.18-53. In general, all minor releases are supposed to be fully binary-compatible. This includes having the same version of all the major components, including the kernel.

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by toracat » 2007/11/15 18:44:14

CentOS 4.6 will be out after 5.1. There is a separate thread for it. Please see:

http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11242&forum=27

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by toracat » 2007/11/17 18:43:05

Status update for CentOS 5.1:

http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/16/update_on_the_status_of_centos_5_1

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by NedSlider » 2007/11/19 10:13:43

[quote]
toracat wrote:
Status update for CentOS 5.1:

http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/11/16/update_on_the_status_of_centos_5_1[/quote]

Thanks toracat :-)

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by lindahl » 2007/11/19 21:30:22

[quote]
salexson wrote:
Will this include a kernel update, or will it still include 2.6.18? I had problems with my SATA controller (ATI SB600) once I upgrade to 4GB. Upgrading the kernel to 2.6.23 fixed it.
[/quote]

As a general rule, the Upstream Guys backport a LOT of stuff into the kernel, even if it remains labeled 2.6.18. I too have a SATA bug (the device is sata_nv) with 5.0 which is fixed in Fedora 7, and the 5.1 kernel will contain a SATA version which is newer than FC7.

-- greg

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Re: When will CentOS 5.1 become available?

Post by toracat » 2007/11/20 02:03:09

Right. For example, the 5.1 kernel that should be out very soon contains more than 1000 patches against the vanilla kernel 2.6.18. They are security patches, bug fixes, etc. Many of them are from upstream (kernel engineers) and some are RedHat's own.

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