I need to setup a custom yum repo to supply some packages that are not
in CentOS, and some that are but have been patched and/or are
different versions. Not much of a big deal.
In order to limit conflict with CentOS packages, I am using a prefix
other than /usr. All my packages that also have existing versions in
CentOS are installed under this new prefix to prevent any conflict
with the CentOS package. My main issue is I would like yum (and rpm)
to be happy with this coexistence.
Is the only way to do this by giving my packages a different name
rather than just twiddling the release number?
For example, CentOS has libpcap-0.8.3, I need to supply a patched
libpcap-0.8.4 but I don't want it to replace the 0.8.3 package, so
I've modified the package name to be like <something>.libpcap-0.8.3...
I know this may same weird, but is prefixing the package name a sane
approach to this?
On a related note, I also supply a modified kernel and I don't want
yum to replace the kernel when its updated on a CentOS mirror. Is the
best way to do this with a the ignore option in the yum repo
configuration?
Thanks,
Jason
