There are times when updating to the latest minor release is not preferred, maybe a software compatibility issue or just plain stupidity. On RHEL 6.1 and beyond, one can utilzie the releasever parameter to lock the update to specific one. For example: yum –releasever=6.2 update But what about RHEL5.x? Redhat suggested mounting the corresponding ISO and set it up as a local repository. Lots of work especially when it’s required…
