From: Mike N. 

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:31:15 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>You can't build a skyscraper if they keep changing the foundation. It's the
>same with complex computer systems, things break if you keep updating
>everything.

   Then Red Hat Enterprise Linux or its derivative, CentOS would be better
from this point ov view because they issue fewer, more thoroughly tested updates.

>I mean you know how service packs always seem to break something, how can
>you keep systems functioning when everything changes every 3 months?

   The part I haven't figured out yet is if it is possible to get only a
security subset of updates.   Yum Update knows the dependency tree so it
will retrieve any additional dependent packages when requested.

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