Difference between um update versus yum upgrade

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yum-updatesd.conf

yum-updatesd.conf(5)					  yum-updatesd configuration file				      yum-updatesd.conf(5)

NAME

       yum-updatesd.conf - Configuration file for yum-updatesd(8).

DESCRIPTION

       yum-updatesd uses a configuration file at /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf.

       Additional configuration information is read from the main yum.conf (5) configuration file.

PARAMETERS

       There is one section in the yum-updatesd configuration file, main, which defines all of the global configuration options.

[main] OPTIONS
       The [main] section must exist for yum-updatesd to do anything. It consists of the following options:

       run_interval
	      Number of seconds to wait between checks for available updates.

       updaterefresh
	      Minimum number of seconds between update information refreshes to avoid hitting the server too often.

       emit_via
	      List of ways to emit update notification.  Valid values are `email', `dbus' and `syslog'.

       do_update
	      Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically applied.	Defaults to False.

       do_download_deps
	      Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically downloaded.  Defaults to False.

       do_download_deps
	      Boolean option to automatically download dependencies of packages which need updating as well.  Defaults to False.

MAIL OPTIONS

       email_to
	      List of email addresses to send update notification to.  Defaults to `root@localhost'.

       email_from
	      Email address for update notifications to be from.  Defaults to `yum-updatesd@localhost'.

SYSLOG OPTIONS

       syslog_facility
	      What syslog facility should be used.  Defaults to `DAEMON'.

       syslog_level
	      Level of syslog messages.  Defaults to `WARN'.

FILES

       /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf

SEE ALSO

       yum-updatesd(8) yum.conf(5)

Jeremy Katz														      yum-updatesd.conf(5)

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