On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 14:53 +0800, Bo Xie wrote:
> I know RHEL 5 uses yum and rhnplugin to access RHEL 5 RHN.
>
> My question are:
> (1) Can I use yum+rhnplugin to access RHEL 3/4 RHN? Is there any
> difference between "RHEL 3/4 RHN repository" and "RHEL 5 repository"?
I don't think so. RHN was updated to work with RHEL 5 so I think you still need up2date for RHEL 3 and RHEL 4. Besides the python included in RHEL 3 wouldn't support the yum versions required for rhnplugin.
> (2) Can I use yum+rhnplugin to access RHN's counterpart 'current'
> (current.tigris.org)?
I haven't looked at current so I couldnt' tell you.
> (3) I assume 'RHEL 5 RHN' is still a 'RHN repository', not a normal
> 'yum repository' created by 'yum-arch' or 'createrepo'. I mean Red Hat
> only changes the update *client* from up2date to yum, but does not
> change the repository from RHN repository to yum repository.Am I
> right?
You are, yum can access repositories other than classic yum repositories. Provided you have the proper plugin. The rhnplugin allows Red Hat to provide the superior functionality yum provides from a client perspective for access to their RHN channels.
Russell
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