> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am using CENTOS 7.
> This should receive the Red Hat Update cycle releases until 2024, right?
Yes, but if you only want to install security related updates, you have to
select the packages on your own because CentOS doesn't provide such
metadata.
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Simon
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> Il 2021-06-21 13:34 Pete Biggs ha scritto:
>> CentOS does not provide the metadata to allow the --security flag to
>> work.
>
> Right.
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>> It doesn't provide it because that information from Redhat is
>> proprietary and not open source.
>
> This is not my understanding. From what I can see, updates which patches
> CVEs are freely readable on Red Has site. For example:
> CVE: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-3156
> UPDATE: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0221
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> Historically the CentOS team refused to provide such metadata due to the
> added work required. Now with Stream, and the demise of classic CentOS,
> security updates are even less probable (ie: a rolling release is often
> wholly updated).
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