On 27.07.2007 10:59, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Karsten Wade wrote:
If you use enterprise-class Linux (EL) distributions derived from Fedora, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, we have something very exciting for you.
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Looking for a package not in EPEL or other questions?
Could the FAQ specifically state that EPEL is not compatible with 3rd party repositories like RPMforge, ATrpms or CentOS Extras ?
In general: sure. But I don't want to name other repositories, because that might be problematic from a legal standpoint for the Fedora Project (just being careful here, not sure if I'm overreacting). So I just added this to the FAQ:
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Compatibility with other repositories
Mixing different RPM-Repositories that were not designed to be mixed can lead to incompatibilities that often result in depsoving problems in yum or up2date; sometimes it even happens that software is not working as expected if libraries and applications come from different repositories. EPEL is designed as add-on repository for RHEL and compatible derivates and not to be mixed with other repos -- thus not mixing EPEL with other repositories on the same system is the best way to avoid mixing problems. Some people nevertheless do it -- the yum priorities plugin can help to avoid the worst problems.
If you encounter a problem where packages from EPEL are incompatible with another repository or lead yum or up2date to boil out during depsolving please report a bug to Bugzilla; contact the maintainer of the other repository as well. The EPEL project encourages its maintainers to solve such problems together with the maintainers from other repository's, to find a solution that is acceptable for both sides. But there is no guarantee such a solution can or will be found in every case, as technical solutions to solve a repository-mixing issue might have side-effects or drawbacks for one of the repositories involved, which it thus might not be willing to realize. ----
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#head-b631b303a0b54605688fd911f0f3dfc9...
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