[CentOS] XFS on CentOS

[Boris Epstein]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:35 PM, aurfalien <aurfalien at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 08:57 AM, Boris Epstein wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anybody know why unlike so many Linux distros (Fedora, Ubuntu,
>> OpenSUSE) CentOS does not come with XFS support by default but rather
>> requires custom modifications after the install in order for you to be
>> able to support XFS on your CentOS machine? Just seems a little odd
>> given how much CentOS is oriented to be used as a server OS.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Boris.
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> I've always thought that Centos follows RHEL exactly, cuz it is made
> from there source.
>
> I think this is better asked of RHEL.
>
> If Centos were to deviate from the RHEL dev path, then ity may no longer
> be Centos.
>
> Am I wrong?
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Good points. OK, then: why does RHEL not support XFS straight out of the box? :)

Boris.