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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Upgrading os to redhat 5.8 Post 302753255 by adam25ca on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 10:19:36 AM
Old 01-08-2013
Upgrading os to redhat 5.8

Hello All,

I am trying to upgrade redhat from 5.6 to 5.8.
When i use
Code:
yum update -y

it installs 5.9
I dont want 5.9, instead i would like to upgrade to 5.8
is there anyway to specify a version when you are doing
Code:
yum update

? thanks

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RHNPLUGIN.CONF(8)						   Red Hat, Inc.						 RHNPLUGIN.CONF(8)

NAME
rhnplugin.conf - Configuration file for the rhnplugin(8) yum(8) plugin. DESCRIPTION
rhnplugin.conf contains configuration options which are specific to rhnplugin(8). The configuration file is located at /etc/yum/plugin- conf.d/rhnplugin.conf. OPTIONS
enabled Either `0' or `1'. Determines whether the plugin will be used by yum or not. Default value is `1'. gpgcheck Either `0' or `1'. Determines whether gpg signature checking will be performed on packages coming from Spacewalk/Red Hat Satellite. Default value is `1'. If this option is not set, the value from yum.conf(5) will be used. timeout The amount of time (in seconds) that you want to wait for a response before timing out. If this option is not set, the value from yum.conf(5) will be used. FILES
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf The location of this configuration file. SEE ALSO
rhnplugin(8), yum(8), up2date(5), yum.conf(5). AUTHORS
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Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>. COPYRIGHT
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