On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 6:44 AM Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/3/21 8:05 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > So how would one use this shiny bit of information? Is there a way to > > discover if an EPEL application is going to clobber your system before > > you install it? > As long as the upstream developers observe semantic versioning, dnf > would tell whether or not a package is "broken" by an update (it would > have unresolvable dependencies.) > EPEL assumes according to their website RHEL point releases. It will pretty much likely work with CentOS Stream as well, but as Mark said, you'll see it after you've installed the package. On the other hand, EPEL is a community project anyhow, so in real production scenarios you need your own CI for upgrades/ patches. Kind regards Thomas -- Linux ... enjoy the ride!