Johnny Hughes wrote on 09/23/2011 04:25 PM: ... > There is no need to upgrade anything. If you installed the package, > you are on CR ... then and now. > > The CentOS-CR repo points to /5/cr/ (which is 5.7 now and was 5.6 > when the repo file was released). > > It (/cr/) is currently empty because 5.7/os and 5.7/updates contain > all the RPMS that are required to update from 5.6 (or any other > version of CentOS). > > When 5.8 is released, the RPMs that are part of 5.8 will get put > into the /5.7/cr/ and allow people who are opted in to get the > updates before the 5.8 release. > > I think maybe putting the RPM in "extras", so it is easier to install > is doable ... but not a huge issue. > > In fact, I have put it there. centos-release-cr is now in extras. > > You can install it from there once the mirrors sync it up. > The CR Wiki page (1) currently states: "At present 22 September 2011 and later, it is appropriate proper to remove those packages thus: rpm -e --allmatches centos-release-cr and probably also wise, to prevent unwanted error noise, as the content in the file path referred to, has been retired and removed, as superseded by the point release update. " Sounds like a more appropriate statement might be something like: "The centos-release-cr package can safely be left in place for future use, and is now in the [extras] repository for ease of access. While the [cr] repository is empty it will effectively be ignored." Phil (1) http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR