[CentOS] Compile vs. RPM
Karanbir Singh
mail-lists at karan.org
Mon Jan 9 14:35:53 UTC 2006
Eduardo Grosclaude wrote:
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>
> 2006/1/9, Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org <mailto:peter at 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.
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