[CentOS] dnf-makecache.service failing every few days and dnf-automatic.service samba freeipa issues (again).

Mon Jan 9 17:04:54 UTC 2023
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 09.01.23 um 17:16 schrieb Jelle de Jong:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> What is the status of the freeipa/sssd and samba conflicts in the 
> repositories?
> 
> I can not wrap my mind around that two big packages are not getting 
> security updates anymore, because they are conflicting. I will go to 
> FOSDEM in Belgium this year to figure out more, but I am considering 
> moving my centos systems to rockylinux.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jelle de Jong


CentOS Stream is an upstream project now. Distro composes will have a
state that does not addresses the expectations of the old CentOS 
project. Further more if security is a concern, then a different OS
should be chosen.

Some general details about updates here:

https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2021-July/119645.html

https://blog.centos.org/2022/09/how-updates-work-in-centos/

and more useful links in the list archives.


--
Leon