Could look into Pulp, https://pulpproject.org/, which I've used in the past to freeze a copy of EPEL locally to avoid updates when I needed to keep systems frozen on specific minor releases of CentOS. Pulp allowed me to efficiently create multiple copies of the EPEL repos that I could point my various systems at, some getting latest and some getting frozen.
- Trey On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Fred Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Totally agree. And quick iteration is the nut of Linux especially for > personal usage. But in enterprise scenario, there’s normalization. That is > why LTS and subscription make sense. I am not gonna troll in 《cathedral and > bazaar》. ^:^ > > Originally I am thinking about downloading rpm packages from EPEL and > merging these packages into 7.3’s ISO file. But it seems rebuilding from > source is also a good approach! I will try this way later. > > Little bit off-topic, the main purpose to play OL7.5 is to taste kslice > and dtrace though UEK can be installed/built on SL too. If there is > feasible hot-kernel-patching, quick iteration will dominate more in > enterprise on-premise demand. > > > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:27 AM +0800, "Manuel Wolfshant" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > On April 25, 2018 6:46:44 PM GMT+03:00, Fred Liu wrote: >> >OK. Then I am thinking about brunch and merge into OS’s iso once there >> >is >> >package update in EPEL. >> >> EPEL always tracks the latest RHEL minor release. If you decide to ignore >> all the security risks associated with the lack of updates and prefer to >> freeze your system at an old(er) minor release of RHEL (or clone) you will >> need to grab the sources of the updated EPEL packages and rebuild them >> youself for your environment. The EPEL project lacks the resources needed >> for such a task. >> >> And BTW , you can install the latest EPEL packages on OEL 7.5 because it has >> the updated packages that came with RHEL 7.5 (and which, incidentally, will >> land in the CentOS world very very soon as well). >> >> If you really must use an old minor release you probably should subscribe to >> RHEL EUS. This will ensure a better approach to the security aspect but will >> not solve your issues regarding the compatibility with EPEL. And pretty >> please, do not imagine that a system not facing the Internet is safe. >> Stuxnet infected air gapped computers. >> >> >> >> manuel >> >> >> >> > >> >Thanks. >> > >> >Fred >> > >> >Stephen John Smoogen 于2018年4月25日 周三下午11:40写道： >> > >> >> On 25 April 2018 at 10:31, Fred Liu wrote: >> >> > It is understandable. But why not keep the old versions in the very >> >same >> >> > repo? yum is capable of matching the them with different OSes. >> >> > >> >> >> >> No it isn't. Yum will upgrade you to the latest version in the >> >> repository so there would need to be a 7.3 tree and yum would have to >> >> point to it. That takes a lot of work on our side and not a lot of >> >> people have been interested in doing the work. >> >> >> >> > Thanks. >> >> > >> >> > Fred >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:27 PM +0800, "Pat Riehecky" < >> >> [email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> EPEL tracks the latest RHEL release. There are a number of fixes >> >in 7.4 >> >> >> and 7.5 that are really worth it. >> >> >> >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> On 04/25/2018 09:09 AM, Fred Liu wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> So abandon SL7.3? Does it mean EPEL doesn’t have consistent >> >> compatibility? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 9:57 PM +0800, "Pat Riehecky" < >> >> [email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I would recommend updating to SL 7.4 >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Pat >> >> >>> >> >> >>> On 04/25/2018 08:37 AM, Fred Liu wrote: >> >> >>> > Hi, >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > I used to successfully install mate-desktop on SL7.3 by EPEL7. >> >But >> >> >>> > today, when I tried again, I saw some incompatibility >> >> >>> > issues(glib2,gtk3+,etc). And I can successfully install it on >> >OL7.5. >> >> >>> > Is normal? From my understanding, EPEL7 should work in both >> >> >>> > OSes. >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > Any ideas? >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > Thanks. >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > Fred >> >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >> >> >>> > epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> >> >>> > To unsubscribe send an email to >> >> >>> > [email protected] >> >> >>> >> >> >>> -- >> >> >>> Pat Riehecky >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory >> >> >>> www.fnal.gov >> >> >>> www.scientificlinux.org >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> >>> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Pat Riehecky >> >> >> >> >> >> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory >> >> >> www.fnal.gov >> >> >> www.scientificlinux.org >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> > To unsubscribe send an email to >> >[email protected] >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Stephen J Smoogen. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> >[email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >
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