[CentOS] Compile vs. RPM

[Peter Farrow]

Mickael Maddison wrote:

>Monday, January 9, 2006, 8:32:07 AM, you wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 14:35 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
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>>>Eduardo Grosclaude wrote:
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>>>>2006/1/9, Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org <mailto:peter at farrows.org>>:
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>>>>    You can reduce still further the chances of no rpms being available by
>>>>    adding the DAG repository to your yum.conf file.  This adds a lot of
>>>>    stuff that would otherwise take a bit of finding....
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>>>>    Becareful though, you should be aware of the possible consequences and
>>>>    pitfalls of updating from multiple repositories....generally I use dag
>>>>    to get stuff that isn't available from the standard yum repos... but not
>>>>    for an os update...
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>>>>Is EVERY package intended  for RHEL (DAG or otherwise) just CentOS 
>>>>compatible right out of the box?
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>>>yes - as long as you match the release and update cycle ( if required )
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>>>if you come across something that isnt compatible - let the packager 
>>>know and let us know as well.
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>>right ... everything that is written for RHEL should work on CentOS too.
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>>The only issue might be things that look specifically for something
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>>Obviously, we can't put the same line that RH puts in their product, so
>>some installers (like Oracle) that specifically look for a string from
>>upstream will not initially work with CentOS.
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>>It is usually very easy to get these to work .. look at this example and
>>search for redhat-release on the page:
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>>http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle10g.shtml
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>>And it will tell you how to change your /etc/redhat-release file to
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>>Thanks,
>>Johnny Hughes
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>Ok.  So basically, every response on this list feels that RPM's are
>sufficiently stable, are created fast enough to address security
>concerns that come up, and have all the 'normal' functionality that
>pretty much anyone needs... is that a fair statement?
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>My reasons over the years for compiling stem from starting on Solaris,
>then Solaris for Intel, then to RedHat 7-9, to WBEL and now CentOS.
>While there have been a lot of changes to the OS's, the compiling and
>installing has remained pretty much the same throughout.  I have had
>some problems at times getting dependancies worked out, but at the end
>of the day have always acheived the desired result eventually.
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>The one thing I've always liked about installing from tarball
>distributions is that I prefix everything into /usr/local -- so it's
>easy to find all the pieces.  This is perhaps the one thing that I
>find most annoying about RPM; spreading things all over the place.  Of
>course, being able to custom compile modules etc. has worked well.
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>QUESTION:  Do most of you cron the yum updates, or do you watch for
>new RPMs and update "manually"?
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>Thanks.
>Mickael
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I do my updates from time to time,  unless a high profile security 
update comes to light....

Usually, "if it aint broke don't fix it" is a good motto.....

P.