Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 03/15/2013 09:29 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Agreed, but those repositories don't have everything - by policy - and
>> everything can't be coordinated or tested together.
>
> That was not the case in this instance, and lacking an example of such
> an instance, there's no reason for you to continue this ranting thread.
>
>> Thus the requirement for the manual configuration to attempt to control
>> updates
>
> No, there probably isn't any good reason to manually configure ELrepo as
> it was. Like EPEL, they don't put packages in their repository that are
> also featured in the base distribution.
Well, yes there is: it's a matter of security. We're supposed to only use
certain repos, and no others, to guarantee, as much as we can, what we're
getting, and that it won't conflict with anything else. Therefore, I got a
dispensation from my manager for this purpose, and so I want to guarantee
that I am getting nothing from elrepo other than what's necessary for this
driver.
mark