On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:47:52PM -0400, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > that subscription has now expired, so I wonder if there > is some repository of freely available packages that are > perfectly compatible and %100 sync'd with whatever RHAT > is supplying as bugfixes and updates for RHEL3. In other > words, if I install something from that repository I like > to still be able to say with a straight face that it's an > RHEL3 box.
I guess that depends on how much you can bend the truth and keep a straight face. If a package didn't come from Red Hat's build system, it's not a RHEL package. I don't know of anyone freely redistributing the RH-built update packages. You can come REALLY close by switching the system to CentOS: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS3#q5 At that point it's technically CentOS 3, not RHEL3. It's the same source RPMs as RHEL, but rebuilt by an external group (usually with a delay of up to a few days). For the purposes of application compatibility it shouldn't matter. For support contracts it probably matters quite a bit. -- Matt Brodeur RHCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nexttime.com PGP ID: 2CFE18A3 / 9EBA 7F1E 42D1 7A43 5884 560C 73CF D615 2CFE 18A3 Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector.
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