Re: [cobalt-users] Software updates

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Jeff Lovell wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Cobalt wrote:
> 
> > For update any RaQ3 is mandatory to install all patches ?
> > Some of the higher (newer ones) obsolete the older ones.
> > Is feasible to bypass the obsolete patches ?
> 
> The major OS updates that come out include all the lower
> leve patches.  For example:
> 
> Update 2.0 will contain all 1.0.x patches as well as some
> other bug fixes.
> 
> So if you are wanting to install a 3.0.x and all you installed
> is Update 1.0 and a few 1.0.x patches, you can just go straight
> to Update 2.0, then Update 3.0, then the 3.0.x patches.
> 
> I hope that makes some sense... :)

OK, but can you go from say, OS-1.0 to OS-3.0 skipping 2.0-all & patches?

eg: does say OS-3.0-all-system also include OS-1.0 patches that aren't
otherwise obsoleted ...?? (ignoring that you probably can't be pre-1.0-)

(This really does need a note on the download page, it's not as obvious as
one might hope, this question gets asked at least twice a month ;)

gsh