On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 at 14:39, Lana Deere <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was comparing the packages in the AlmaLinux9 ISO with those in the RHEL > 9 ISO and found differences. Most the naming differences are "alma" > versions of the rpms, similar to these: > < libstdc++-devel-11.2.1-9.4.el9.alma.i686.rpm > < libstdc++-devel-11.2.1-9.4.el9.alma.x86_64.rpm > --- > > libstdc++-devel-11.2.1-9.4.el9.i686.rpm > > libstdc++-devel-11.2.1-9.4.el9.x86_64.rpm > What does it mean when there is a package name difference like this? > > If Alma's developers are using the same syntax reasons we did in CentOS, then the changes are usually either trademark related (removing/changing a Red Hat trademark to an Alma one), or a minor change that was needed to make a build happen. These should be visible via the upstream Alma git or from the src.rpm. > There also seemed to be a package here or there which only existed in one > of the releases. For example, RHEL has > > virt-who-1.31.22-1.el9_0.noarch.rpm > That looks like something got missed somehow. > but not AlmaLinux. Conversely AlmaLinux has > < plotnetcfg-0.4.1-18.el9.x86_64.rpm > huh I checked a copy of RHEL packages I have access to and it shows that it is in RHEL. rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms/Packages/p/plotnetcfg-0.4.1-18.el9.x86_64.rpm > but not RHEL. Is there any conclusion I should draw from this? > > .. Lana ([email protected]) > > > _______________________________________________ > AlmaLinux Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Stephen J Smoogen. Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- Ian MacClaren
