Re: [CentOS] Compile vs. RPM

Eduardo Grosclaude wrote:

2006/1/9, Peter Farrow <peter@farrows.org mailto:peter@farrows.org>:

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....

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...

Is EVERY package intended for RHEL (DAG or otherwise) just CentOS compatible right out of the box?

yes - as long as you match the release and update cycle ( if required )

if you come across something that isnt compatible - let the packager know and let us know as well.