The upstream package does not fail during the update. It stops and starts the server during the update process.


# yum -y update mysql-community*
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, replace
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mysql-community-client.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-client.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
---> Package mysql-community-common.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-common.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
---> Package mysql-community-devel.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-devel.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
---> Package mysql-community-libs.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-libs.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
---> Package mysql-community-libs-compat.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-libs-compat.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
---> Package mysql-community-server.x86_64 0:5.6.25-2.el6 will be updated
---> Package mysql-community-server.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package                      Arch    Version          Repository          Size
================================================================================
Updating:
 mysql-community-client       x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community   18 M
 mysql-community-common       x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community  307 k
 mysql-community-devel        x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community  3.3 M
 mysql-community-libs         x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community  1.9 M
 mysql-community-libs-compat  x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community  1.6 M
 mysql-community-server       x86_64  5.6.27-2.el6     mysql56-community   53 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade       6 Package(s)

Total download size: 78 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): mysql-community-client-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.rpm    |  18 MB     00:00     
(2/6): mysql-community-common-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.rpm    | 307 kB     00:00     
(3/6): mysql-community-devel-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.rpm     | 3.3 MB     00:00     
(4/6): mysql-community-libs-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.rpm      | 1.9 MB     00:00     
(5/6): mysql-community-libs-compat-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.r | 1.6 MB     00:00     
(6/6): mysql-community-server-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64.rpm    |  53 MB     00:01     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                            31 MB/s |  78 MB     00:02     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating   : mysql-community-common-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  1/12 
  Updating   : mysql-community-libs-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                    2/12 
  Updating   : mysql-community-client-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  3/12 
  Updating   : mysql-community-server-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  4/12 
  Updating   : mysql-community-devel-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                   5/12 
  Updating   : mysql-community-libs-compat-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64             6/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-devel-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                   7/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-server-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                  8/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-client-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                  9/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-libs-compat-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64            10/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-libs-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                   11/12 
  Cleanup    : mysql-community-common-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                 12/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-common-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  1/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-devel-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                   2/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-libs-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                    3/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-libs-compat-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64             4/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-server-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  5/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-client-5.6.27-2.el6.x86_64                  6/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-common-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                  7/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-libs-compat-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64             8/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-server-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                  9/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-devel-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                  10/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-libs-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                   11/12 
  Verifying  : mysql-community-client-5.6.25-2.el6.x86_64                 12/12 

Updated:
  mysql-community-client.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                                  
  mysql-community-common.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                                  
  mysql-community-devel.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                                   
  mysql-community-libs.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                                    
  mysql-community-libs-compat.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                             
  mysql-community-server.x86_64 0:5.6.27-2.el6                                  

Complete!