[CentOS] Admins supporting both RHEL and CentOS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L.
> Casale
> Sent: den 30 november 2017 01:25
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Admins supporting both RHEL and CentOS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 12:26 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Admins supporting both RHEL and CentOS
> 
> > Seriously, some of the RHEL-boxes we use, require a particular point
> release
> > as well as not allowing any updates to the OS. At all.
> 
> Any of the vendors on those boxes happen to be Oracle or Netcracker?

No, it's Varian/Agilent. A big player in lab instruments.

Funny thing, just googled them and apparently they've opensoured the culprit
software, and according to the below link, it's not locked to a particular
point release anymore!

http://openvnmrj.org/Downloading/

It does however still require the original software - which _is_ locked to a
particular point release. Dammit', so close!

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//Sorin