On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 14:35 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > 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. > right ... everything that is written for RHEL should work on CentOS too. The only issue might be things that look specifically for something in /etc/redhat-release. Obviously, we can't put the same line that RH puts in their product, so some installers (like Oracle) that specifically look for a string from upstream will not initially work with CentOS. It is usually very easy to get these to work .. look at this example and search for redhat-release on the page: http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle10g.shtml And it will tell you how to change your /etc/redhat-release file to allow there installers to function. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060109/4bced822/attachment-0005.sig>