I saw the link someone posted to SL (Scientific Linux) yumex rpm's. I grabbed the SRPMS, changed some references from SL to CentOS in the spec files and rebuilt the RPMS. I managed to get yumex up and running by manually configuring yumex.conf.
What is the use of the yum-utils and the dozen or so utilities? Are there any docs? (Bearing in mind my hack may have damaged the SL installation)
CentOS should have its own yumex/yum-utils considering the likes of Scientific Linux and Lineox have had them for a long time.
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Jim Smith wrote:
CentOS should have its own yumex/yum-utils considering the likes of Scientific Linux and Lineox have had them for a long time.
http://dev.centos.org yum-utils/yumex is up there.
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Sean
On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 00:34 +0000, Sean O Sullivan wrote:
Jim Smith wrote:
CentOS should have its own yumex/yum-utils considering the likes of Scientific Linux and Lineox have had them for a long time.
http://dev.centos.org yum-utils/yumex is up there.
Correct, though the yumex is not installable currently as there are issues.
AND ... if yumex worked PROPERLY with yum and yum-utils, it would be in a main repo in CentOS (extras or the like).
DOUBLE AND .... the developer of yum is also a CentOS developer ... WE know what really works with yum ... and neither of those items is ready for prime time. When there is a GUI based tool for yum that really works, we will include it, I promise :)
Just because it is in those distros does not mean it works correctly.
CentOS, Scientific Linux, and Lineox are all free (although Lineox is only free after a month for updates) (and don't forget Tao, WBEL, ... if people like one of those instead, by all means use it.
Personally, I think Scientific Linux is a very good distro, and Tao is also good ... I would personally pass on all the others. That is just my opinion (not that any of them are bad, I just think CentOS is better).
Now ... if you want to know what some of the big guys think which EL rebuild is best ...
take a look what IBM says: http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/distributions/img13.html
Or Sun: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=111
And notice that CentOS has more than 50 external public mirrors and is installed on nearly 100,000 web servers (Same as Mandriva, almost the same as Gentoo): http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=109
Concerning webservers, I would also like to point out that many ISPs hide the fact that they use CentOS and recompile their httpd AND change their /etc/redhat-release to make them show up as RedHat ... and many of the new cobalt servers are also built on CentOS but show up as cobalt on the survey ... and CentOS machines running CPanel and Plesk don't always show up as CentOS.
OK, I'm done :)
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:15:42PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
Now ... if you want to know what some of the big guys think which EL rebuild is best ...
take a look what IBM says: http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/distributions/img13.html
Hey, look where that guy comes from (img28.html) :)
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Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org wrote:
Hey, look where that guy comes from (img28.html) :)
Whatcha talking about? A lot of the major Linux players hail from Brazil. Nothing new dude. ;->
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 05:34:38PM -0800, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org wrote:
Hey, look where that guy comes from (img28.html) :)
Whatcha talking about? A lot of the major Linux players hail from Brazil.
Of course I do :)
Nothing new dude. ;->
I was actually impressed that someone from IBM Brazil was taking this role. Traditionaly, IBM Brazil could not care less about Linux. The reason for that (IMHO) is that old rivalry between IBM Brazil and the IBM Centers at RTP (Raleigh mostly). Since IBM RTP started working seriously on and with Linux, people from IBM Brazil started trying to ignore it. The reasons for the rivalry are old and rechanted in many places but since I left IBM I really don't follow it anymore. So, even tho unlikely, they might have ended their differences and the rivalry is no more. Then again ... :)
- -- Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
Jim Smith jim_smith2006@yahoo.com wrote:
CentOS should have its own yumex/yum-utils considering the likes of Scientific Linux and Lineox have had them for a
long
time.
Maybe CentOS Plus, but not CentOS IMHO. CentOS can adopt pup when it comes through RHEL 5.
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