Ryan,
Dag, atrpms, and other repositories can be added to the yum repository
list, but not enabled. When you need a specific rpm, become root, enter
yum --enablerepos dag <name of rpm>. (Be sure to find the specific line
to add, for the EL version you have.) That way, you have the benefits of
the alternate repositories without pointing at them. You enable with a
"1" or "0."
Dag and ATrpms are really up to date on RHEL, all the way to 4.1, but it
does cause some minor problems to point yum there.
A fantastic resource for RHEL is www.scientificlinux.org. It is also a
superb replacement for RHEL, because it IS RHEL, rewritten from source
by some of the smartest people in the world. The "support" comes in the
form of extremely good IT people from all the major physics labs around
the world: Fermi, Los Alamos, Penn State, MIT, CERN is Switzerland, the
Italian national physics lab, etc.
Since these labs all depend on long-term support for their distros,
Scientific Linux provides it, in spades. There are a few labs (CERN,
Fermilabs) who have tailored their own distributions, but the basic
Scientific Linux, from 3.05 - 4.1, is generic, so each lab can build
into it what they want.
In any event, the Scientific Linux site makes for good reading. And I'm
sure Troy Dawson at Fermi would answer any questions you have. Tell him
I suggested you write, if you wish. His e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this helps.
Good hunting,
Bill
Ryan Madison wrote:
All,
We are trying to implement a sound patch management solution at work for
our linux boxes running RHEL. My preference is yum, but it does not
appear to ship with rhel. It does with FC which I'm running at home.
I've found a "repository" site: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/,
which has a version of yum, but it seems that if I install yum, I won't
be able to point it at RedHat for updates, but rather to this repository.
I'm not clear if these places are "middlemen" for RedHat, meaning that
they have the same packages available as RHEL, or if I point to them for
updates, I will be putting all sorts of non-vendor supported packages on
our boxes.
What I'd like to have happen is to install yum, and on one box point it
at RedHat for updates. Then setup a repository inside our intranet and
point other boxes at it for updates. Is that possible using yum?
-Any feedback would be appreciated.
-Thanks, R
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