RE: Red Hat: To patch or to upgrade?
From: Chapman, Justin T (JtChapma@bhi-erc.com)
Date: 04/10/03
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From: "Chapman, Justin T" <JtChapma@bhi-erc.com> To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:15:10 -0700
Actually, when manually upgrading a kernel with rpm, you should always use
"rpm -i" (install), instead of "rpm -U" (upgrade). Using the -i flag will
install the new kernel along side the existing one, which is what up2date
does. If there are stability issues with the new kernel, it's easy to
revert back to the previous one by editing you bootloader config files.
Once you've verified that the new kernel is working properly, you can
uninstall the old version by doing the standard "rpm -e kernel-old-version".
--justin
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>I have done kernel updates on my RH 7.3 box several times.
>
>up2date --force kernel
>
>All it does it download the kernel and install it with
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>rpm -Uvh kernel-whatever.
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>Just like on the command line. Nothing special.
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