On 2/18/2010 8:20 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote: >> I use epel (has a lot of different stuff but generally does not have newer >> versions of standard packages), rpmforge (sometimes has newer stuff and may >> cause some conflicts) remi (up to date ocsinventory-server, php, mysql), and >> opennms (Sun JVM 1.5 and opennms). Normally I leave epel enabled in the yum > > We use as well: > > - EPEL: their missions statement is that they will NEVER update base: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Does_EPEL_replace_packages_provided_within_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_or_layered_products.3F You have to take mission statements with a grain of salt. There was a time when you would get java-1.6.0.openjdk from epel instead of the stock version - and things like that will probably happen again as the base repos decide to duplicate things that already exist in 3rd party locations. They have a history of never making any effort to coordinate that process. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com