"Peter Gordon" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Leon wrote: >> Tom Spec <samag70-ignore@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> One concern I have though, is that I do think it's important to install >>> critical security >>> related patches in a timely manner. Is there a way for me to watch only for >>> security related >>> updates to packages and just apply those? >> >> Not automatically. >> But it's a critical feature for yum to have. I don't know why not >> more people are complaining. > > No one complains because the functionality is already there. Simply subscribe > to the fedora-package-announce list to get package update announcements, then > whenever there's a security update for a package, just run `yum update > package-name` (or if using Pup/Pirut, just only check those ones in the > update). That's what I mean by not automatically. Shouldn't yum treat critical updates differently from normal updates? -- Leon
