[PLUG] Re: planning for SL5, best path through SL4.4 or FC6?
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
Tue Jan 9 16:04:23 UTC 2007
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Questions: What are the implications when I do the final SL5
> upgrade when that becomes available? Will RPM consider the package
> name differences important, and perhaps fail on the dependencies?
> Anything else to watch out for?
I know that CentOS users have typically contributed how-to docs on
migrating from RHEL to CentOS. I've never used Scientific Linux, but I
suspect the procedures are rather similar.
The biggest differences between RHEL and its freely rebuilt clones
have historically been package management and art work. I don't know
about RHEL5, but its predecessors relied on up2date, while CentOS
standarized on yum. The transition wasn't horrible, but any mistake is
costly. Ripping out the Red Hat-copyrighted artwork is usually easier,
and by now all the clones have their own art styles.
If I were contemplating your move, I'd
1. Install RHEL5 betaX and get everything working
2. Identify and backup the deltas between installation and working
3. Nuke and repave with a fresh SL5 install once it's available
4. Merge deltas backed up in step 2.
But that's just me...
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