[CentOS] Compile vs. RPM

Mon Jan 9 14:35:53 UTC 2006
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Eduardo Grosclaude wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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