On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 02:24:57AM -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > > > Here we go. Conversion from CentOS-8 to RHEL-8 in 5 easy steps. > > Identically named RPM's do not necessarily have identical contents. To > do a really *thorough* switch, you need to reinstall *everything*. >
So you recommend as last step of conversion to run this: foreach $rpm { yum reinstall $rpm } I suspect this is unnecessary, but you are right, one will have a mongrel system unless it is done. But do you know of any case where it makes a practical difference? Even way back when? > > I used to publish scripts for this, for switching from RHEL to CentOS to > Scientific Linux and other combinations. > Time to dust them off, I guess. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada