Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-06 Thread Johnny Hughes
drew einhorn wrote: In looking at the possibility of using yum-priorities on a RHEL5 system, I noticed on thing that is different from my recollection, I see that the default priority it 99, but I seem to recall that it used to be 1. Is my memory faulty, or did it change? Actually 99 seems to m

Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-05 Thread drew einhorn
In looking at the possibility of using yum-priorities on a RHEL5 system, I noticed on thing that is different from my recollection, I see that the default priority it 99, but I seem to recall that it used to be 1. Is my memory faulty, or did it change? Actually 99 seems to make the most sense whe

Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-05 Thread drew einhorn
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Johnny Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > drew einhorn wrote: > >> Hi, we have a new customer to support. They have RHEL5 not CentOS5. >> > > You need to think more about things like compiling custom kernels or 3rd > party repos, since you have upstream paid supp

Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-02 Thread Jim Perrin
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:38 PM, NiftyClusters Mitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly, > RedHat service (not free) uses the redhat update network and tools > like "up2date" > to deliver updated RPM packages to their customer. They do not distribute > yum > by default and they do not have a

Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-02 Thread NiftyClusters Mitch
Exactly, RedHat service (not free) uses the redhat update network and tools like "up2date" to deliver updated RPM packages to their customer. They do not distribute yum by default and they do not have a yum repository configuration that works. Under the covers both RHEL and CentOS use RPMs so

Re: [CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-02 Thread Johnny Hughes
drew einhorn wrote: Hi, we have a new customer to support. They have RHEL5 not CentOS5. Is there a summary of the differences between RHEL and CentOS? We have come across differences in how yum works. There is magic involving the rhnplugin that connects us to invisible repositories not mentio

[CentOS] RHEL vs. CentOS

2008-07-02 Thread drew einhorn
Hi, we have a new customer to support. They have RHEL5 not CentOS5. Is there a summary of the differences between RHEL and CentOS? We have come across differences in how yum works. There is magic involving the rhnplugin that connects us to invisible repositories not mentioned in the yum config