Re: [WBEL-users] Updates - who wants some?

"William Hooper" <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:36:35 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.whitebox.user
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Vic wrote:
>> What is the advantage of using your RPMs (and bandwidth) over using the
>>  CentOS rpms (which already has a mirror network)?
>>
>
> Last time I looked (and this was a little while ago - I suppose I should
> have re-checked), CentOS weren't quite so picky about staying as close to
> the RHEL sources as John has been...

The list of edited Sources in in the release notes.  They don't seem to
include anything unnecessary.

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html

I due recall an issue with the kernel on one of the install discs being
different (in the original 4.0 release, IIRC), but that has since been
taken care of by requiring a boot parameter to install on i586 machines.

-- 
William Hooper