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<nkadel@gmail.com><centos@centos.org>>On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:20 PM, derleader mail wrote:<br> >>>> Red hat yum downloads packages from RHN<br> >>>> Centos yum downloads packages from the fastest mirror?<br> >>>><br> >>>> There is difference in configuration.<br> >>><br> >>>Redhat uses yum rhnplugin to download packages from rhnet.<br> >>><br> >>>It's only difference. rhnplugin is closed source system that ties into<br> >>>rhn.redhat.com<br> >><br> >> http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-5.el6.src.rpm<br> >><br> >> Is this the package?<br> ><br> >Yes, and it has a stack of dependencies to manage RHEL authentication.<br> >Frankly, I always disable it except on a host that is downloading a<br> >local RHEL mirror with "reposync", and which is my local yum<br> >repository. That makes the components available to non-root users for<br> >review and downloading, one of the great flaws of that plugin.<br> <br><br>Do you know where I can find extensive information how the mechanism of updates works. Is there development documentation which shows how the source code works? So far I haven't seen such papers. I'm not experienced developer so I can't trace the source code to see how it works.<br><br><br><br><br>And I'm going to change to change my web mail soon. </centos@centos.org></nkadel@gmail.com></BODY></HTML>