[BlueOnyx:23235] Re: 5209R related: CentOS 7.7 has been released

[Brent Epp]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the info.  Is there any major difference between running the 
`yum` commands in the shell and just running the update from the GUI 
while tailing the yum log?

  - Brent

On 2019-09-17 19:40, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Brent,
>
>> We haven't made any outside-the-box changes as far as I'm aware, but I'm
>> considering disabling for now and running it manually tomorrow morning
>> from the GUI so I can have a fresh coffee boost to deal with any
>> problems that arise.
> I've updated around 20 different BlueOnyx 5209R today. All of them had
> some form or other of software from the shop installed. Or - in three
> cases - something I had installed myself. Only my own DNS servers
> (running an older version of PDNS) had issues afterwards, as the
> installed PDNS exhibited problems with CentOS 7.7.
>
> Richard had issues with his MariaDB 10.4 from the shop after the YUM
> updates. I could fix it for him, but was unable to replicate the problem
> when I updated my own MariaDB 10.4 test box to CentOS 7.7.
>
> So all in all I'd still consider these updates fairly smooth compared to
> some other updates we've had in the past.
>
> Yet: It's a big update and it would be best to run it from the command
> line via "yum clean all" followed by "yum update". That way you're able
> to see what goes on and if it throws any unusual messages during the
> installation of the updates.
>