From: Ole H. N. <Ole...@fy...> - 2012-12-17 13:52:00
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Hi Olivier, > This is wired and I'm using standard distro CentOS-6 which is said to be a full RHEL-6 clone. In theory yes, but it seems there are differences!! I looked up the missing packages in the Red Hat Network (RHN): > Don't you have the following packages? (they should be part of RHEL6) > - gperf-3.0.3-9.1.el6.x86_64 gperf is in CentOS 6.3, but NOT in RHEL 6.3! Strangely, Red Hat does have the source RPM in http://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/ but there are no binary RPMs from RHN. > - glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6_3.6.x86_64 glibc-static is in CentOS 6.3, but NOT in RHEL 5 or 6! > - device-mapper-devel-1.02.74-10.el6_3.3.x86_64 device-mapper-devel is in CentOS 6.3, but NOT in RHEL 5 or 6! Unfortunately these differences are *not* documented in http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.3. I wonder if anyone can explain why CentOS decided to build these packages? I assume that you *really* need these packages for SystemImager? It would be better for RHEL6 sites if they could be omitted. If we must install these packages on RHEL6, I propose that documentation should be written referring people to the RPM downloads from CentOS mirrors. Thanks, Ole -- Ole Holm Nielsen Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark |