centos repository on rhel 6.0

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Hi ,

I have a rhel 6.0 box which is not regeisterd to rhn.If i install centos repository rpms on this box , tomorrow if i register to rhn and try t upgrade the system , it will brak any of the packages of centos repository ?

Regards,

Siva

CS
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thomas.jones2@dodiis.mil's picture Guru 6435 points
4 April 2014 1:19 PM

Need to clarify your question.

Are you saying you're using an RHEL 6.0 box to act as a local CentOS mirror (i.e., you followed the procedures at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror to create a local HTTP repo for CentOS clients' use)? If so, no, linking your RHEL 6.0 box to RHN so you can update it to 6.5 won't do anything to the CentOS files you're serving out or your Apache or rsync services.

CS Community Member 42 points
4 April 2014 2:54 PM

I have a rhel box running 6.0 but not registered to rhn , to install packages through yum , i am using a centos repository.

Say if i install package from the centos repository and using it.Tomorrow if i register the macine to rhn and and do yum update , it will break any packages that are installed from centos repository

thomas.jones2@dodiis.mil's picture Guru 6435 points
4 April 2014 5:38 PM

Ah. CentOS has been pretty good about ensuring that package names are the same. So, tying back to RHN should supplant any CentOS-updated packages that have newer RHEL updates with RedHat packages.

Having already leveraged CentOS packages on an RH box, you've probably already left behind any supportability you might have been eligible for. Everything should still function as before, but it won't put your system back into a support-eligible state.

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
4 April 2014 6:00 PM

Tom,

Your statement is not completely true.
It is infact: will Siva run into issues with a Centos rpm related issue, GSS will ask to replace the Centos compiled rpm by the official Red Hat rpm and test again to see if the issue persists.

Same happens with epel rpms versus RHEL rpms.

Kind regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

thomas.jones2@dodiis.mil's picture Guru 6435 points
4 April 2014 6:48 PM

Having a hard time parsing that: are you saying that Global Services will support a system that's switched RPM providers and back, provided that you verify everything's back to a specific (known-good) state?

Jamie Bainbridge's picture Red Hat Guru 7257 points
5 April 2014 6:17 AM

I've reached out to our Support Product Management to get an official statement on this for you.

Also, I believe EPEL ensure that their package names don't overlap with vendor package names (whether the vendor is Red Hat or CentOS). EPEL is generally considered a "safe" repo in this regard. Our own Software Collections product acts in a similar way.

CS Community Member 42 points
5 April 2014 7:45 PM

Thanks jamie.Waiting for the offcial statement

andriusb's picture Red Hat Guru 3695 points
7 April 2014 1:00 AM

As long as the number of CentOS pacakges isn't unreasonable, or if a support case is not related to a CentOS package or any dependencies - this will still be supported. But please, don't have a /etc/redhat-release file and all the rest being CentOS. :-)

CS Community Member 42 points
7 April 2014 12:11 PM

thanks Ben

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