CentOS 7.9 Patches

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rsheikj
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CentOS 7.9 Patches

Post by rsheikj » 2023/09/27 11:54:06

Hi,

How often are the security or bug fixes released for 7.9 and how do i get notified about it.

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Re: CentOS 7.9 Patches

Post by TrevorH » 2023/09/27 14:02:32

They are rebuilt when Red Hat issues them for RHEL. That used to take a day or two but now seems to take a week or two. If something critical appears then it's more likely to be quicker than trivial patches.

You can subscribe to the centos-announce mailing list and once subscribed, log in to the mailing list web UI and you can pick which versions/arches you want notifications for. Or there is an rss feed that may or may not be going away once CentOS 7 sunsets (it runs on 7 using a tool that was removed in 8).

Worth noting that CentOS 7 only has around 40 weeks of life remaining so installing it now may not be worth the effort.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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