On Thu, June 14, 2007 4:00 pm, Matt Brodeur said:
> > 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. How long until Red Hat EOL's RHEL3? I have a RHEL3 server that was due to expire next week, and I renewed it for another 3 years. When RHEL3 is EOL'ed, I imagine I'll have to upgrade it to a supported version, like RHEL5. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
