Re: [CentOS] older distro have newer package in base repo

On 11/20/2014 04:53 PM, Leon Fauster wrote:

Just wondering why in EL5's base repo the latest supported mysql package is 5.5 and in EL6's base repo it is 5.1? Seems strange to me.

(it is clear that the SCL of EL6 has version 5.5 but that implies a different update policy).

-- LF

similarly, EL6 now has mdadm-3.3 whereas EL7 has mdadm-3.2 .

mdadm-3.3 supports the badblock log (bbl), whereas mdadm-3.2 doesn't. This is something to consider - one could/should use EL6's mdadm to create an md device on a EL7 system. This is future-proof in the sense that the EL7 kernel will then be able to use the bbl, and hopefully RH will include mdadm-3.3 in EL7.1 .

best, Kay