CentOS 5.1 Released
Almost one month after RedHat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (20071107), the CentOS team released yesterday their own 5.1 update for centos5. There are available new iso images for centos5.1 and we can also find a special netinstall iso that can be used to start a remote install. Systems running centos5 will notice the update in the yum/up2date repositories and can be upgraded immediately.
Besides the changes introduced by rhel5.1 you can find the centos particularities here. Personally I have found it quite strange that after the upgrade the /etc/redhat-release file was not showing 5.1 but still CentOS release 5 (Final), even if centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm was upgraded:
cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5 (Final)
instead of something like “CentOS release 5.1 (Final)”. Apparently this is a known issue and the centos team will create wiki page explaining the situation about that in the next couple of days.
ps. if you will be upgrading your system live depending from the number of packages you have installed this can take a while. For ex. here is a sample output of a typical system that will upgrade ~ 140 packages and require downloading 205M:
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
kernel i686 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 updates 13 M
kernel-devel i686 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 updates 4.7 M
sos noarch 1.7-9.1.el5 base 108 k
replacing sysreport.noarch 1.4.3-10.el5
Updating:
Deployment_Guide-en-US noarch 5.1.0-11.el5.centos.1 base 7.1 M
acl i386 2.2.39-2.1.el5 base 67 k
alsa-lib i386 1.0.14-1.rc4.el5 base 406 k
audit i386 1.5.5-7.el5 base 240 k
audit-libs i386 1.5.5-7.el5 base 62 k
audit-libs-python i386 1.5.5-7.el5 base 72 k
autofs i386 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.55 base 800 k
bind i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 base 954 k
bind-libs i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 base 838 k
bind-utils i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 base 162 k
binutils i386 2.17.50.0.6-5.el5 base 2.9 M
caching-nameserver i386 30:9.3.3-10.el5 base 56 k
cairo i386 1.2.4-3.el5_1 updates 394 k
centos-release i386 10:5-1.0.el5.centos.1 base 19 k
centos-release-notes i386 5.1.0-2 base 39 k
conman i386 0.1.9.2-8.el5 base 109 k
coolkey i386 1.1.0-5.el5 base 89 k
coolkey-devel i386 1.1.0-5.el5 base 16 k
cpp i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 2.6 M
cpuspeed i386 1:1.2.1-1.48.el5 base 29 k
cracklib i386 2.8.9-3.3 base 58 k
cracklib-dicts i386 2.8.9-3.3 base 3.3 M
crash i386 4.0-4.6.1 base 1.5 M
cups i386 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3 updates 2.7 M
cups-libs i386 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3 updates 180 k
device-mapper i386 1.02.20-1.el5 base 653 k
dhclient i386 12:3.0.5-7.el5 base 275 k
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-4.el5 base 553 k
e2fsprogs i386 1.39-10.el5 base 958 k
e2fsprogs-devel i386 1.39-10.el5 base 560 k
e2fsprogs-libs i386 1.39-10.el5 base 113 k
fetchmail i386 6.3.6-1.1.el5 base 526 k
firstboot-tui noarch 1.4.27.3-1.el5.centos base 192 k
freetype i386 2.2.1-19.el5 base 313 k
freetype-devel i386 2.2.1-19.el5 base 150 k
frysk i686 0.0.1.2007.06.21.rh2-4.el5 base 13 M
gcc i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 5.2 M
gcc-c++ i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 3.4 M
gcc-gfortran i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 3.1 M
gdb i386 6.5-25.el5 base 3.1 M
glibc i686 2.5-18.el5_1.1 updates 5.1 M
glibc-common i386 2.5-18.el5_1.1 updates 16 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-18.el5_1.1 updates 2.0 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-18.el5_1.1 updates 609 k
gtk2 i386 2.10.4-19.el5 base 6.5 M
hal i386 0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1 updates 375 k
httpd i386 2.2.3-11.el5.centos base 1.1 M
hwdata noarch 0.211-1 base 278 k
initscripts i386 8.45.17.EL-1.el5.centos.1 base 1.4 M
irqbalance i386 2:0.55-6.el5 base 18 k
kernel-headers i386 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 updates 781 k
kpartx i386 0.4.7-12.el5 base 402 k
krb5-devel i386 1.6.1-17.el5 base 1.9 M
krb5-libs i386 1.6.1-17.el5 base 652 k
krb5-workstation i386 1.6.1-17.el5 base 868 k
kudzu i386 1.2.57.1.15-1.el5.centos base 220 k
kudzu-devel i386 1.2.57.1.15-1.el5.centos base 130 k
libacl i386 2.2.39-2.1.el5 base 19 k
libacl-devel i386 2.2.39-2.1.el5 base 81 k
libgcc i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 87 k
libgcj i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 17 M
libgfortran i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 224 k
libgomp i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 76 k
libicu i386 3.6-5.11 base 5.2 M
libselinux i386 1.33.4-4.el5 base 94 k
libselinux-devel i386 1.33.4-4.el5 base 131 k
libselinux-python i386 1.33.4-4.el5 base 55 k
libstdc++ i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 354 k
libstdc++-devel i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 9.4 M
libuser i386 0.54.7-2.el5.2 base 434 k
libuser-devel i386 0.54.7-2.el5.2 base 55 k
libvolume_id i386 095-14.9.el5 base 38 k
logrotate i386 3.7.4-8 updates 39 k
lvm2 i386 2.02.26-3.el5 base 2.2 M
man-pages noarch 2.39-10.el5 base 4.2 M
mc i386 1:4.6.1a-35.el5 base 2.1 M
mcstrans i386 0.2.6-1.el5 base 16 k
mesa-libGL i386 6.5.1-7.5.el5 base 9.7 M
mesa-libGL-devel i386 6.5.1-7.5.el5 base 465 k
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.6-19 base 443 k
module-init-tools i386 3.3-0.pre3.1.34.el5 base 415 k
nash i386 5.1.19.6-19 base 1.1 M
net-snmp i386 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.2 updates 701 k
net-snmp-libs i386 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.2 updates 1.2 M
net-snmp-utils i386 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.2 updates 180 k
nfs-utils i386 1:1.0.9-24.el5 base 340 k
nscd i386 2.5-18.el5_1.1 updates 154 k
nspr i386 4.6.5-3.el5 base 118 k
nss i386 3.11.7-1.3.el5.centos base 814 k
nss-tools i386 3.11.7-1.3.el5.centos base 536 k
nss_ldap i386 253-5.el5 base 1.4 M
openldap i386 2.3.27-8 base 287 k
openldap-devel i386 2.3.27-8 base 1.6 M
openssh i386 4.3p2-24.el5 base 284 k
openssh-clients i386 4.3p2-24.el5 base 446 k
openssh-server i386 4.3p2-24.el5 base 254 k
pam i386 0.99.6.2-3.26.el5 base 971 k
pam-devel i386 0.99.6.2-3.26.el5 base 188 k
pam_krb5 i386 2.2.14-1 base 125 k
parted i386 1.8.1-12.el5 base 539 k
pcre i386 6.6-2.el5_1.7 updates 112 k
pkinit-nss i386 0.7.3-1.el5 base 170 k
pm-utils i386 0.99.3-6.el5.centos.17 base 65 k
policycoreutils i386 1.33.12-12.el5 base 621 k
popt i386 1.10.2-47.el5 base 69 k
prelink i386 0.3.9-2.1 base 1.0 M
redhat-logos noarch 4.9.99-8.el5.centos base 11 M
redhat-lsb i386 3.1-12.3.EL.el5.centos base 21 k
redhat-menus noarch 6.7.8-2.el5 base 203 k
redhat-rpm-config noarch 8.0.45-22.el5.centos base 53 k
rpm i386 4.4.2-47.el5 base 639 k
rpm-build i386 4.4.2-47.el5 base 551 k
rpm-devel i386 4.4.2-47.el5 base 1.3 M
rpm-libs i386 4.4.2-47.el5 base 968 k
rpm-python i386 4.4.2-47.el5 base 54 k
rsh i386 0.17-38.el5 updates 42 k
selinux-policy noarch 2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 updates 366 k
selinux-policy-targeted noarch 2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 updates 854 k
strace i386 4.5.16-1.el5.1 base 163 k
sysklogd i386 1.4.1-40.el5 base 72 k
system-config-network-tui noarch 1.3.99-2.el5 base 1.8 M
systemtap i386 0.5.14-1.el5 base 947 k
systemtap-runtime i386 0.5.14-1.el5 base 31 k
tcp_wrappers i386 7.6-40.4.el5 base 106 k
tcpdump i386 14:3.9.4-11.el5 base 443 k
telnet i386 1:0.17-39.el5 updates 57 k
udev i386 095-14.9.el5 base 1.7 M
util-linux i386 2.13-0.45.el5_1.1 updates 1.8 M
vixie-cron i386 4:4.1-72.el5 base 91 k
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb i386 1.1.1-48.26.el5 base 1.6 M
ypbind i386 3:1.19-8.el5 base 36 k
yum noarch 3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 base 482 k
Removing:
kernel i686 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 installed 34 M
kernel-devel i686 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 installed 14 M
Installing for dependencies:
device-mapper-multipath i386 0.4.7-12.el5 base 2.0 M
hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.9-2.1 base 25 k
keyutils-libs i386 1.2-1.el5 base 18 k
keyutils-libs-devel i386 1.2-1.el5 base 27 k
yum-metadata-parser i386 1.0-8.fc6 base 22 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 8 Package(s)
Update 132 Package(s)
Remove 2 Package(s)
Total download size: 205 M