> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenneth Burgener > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:52 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: Installing CentOS security updates to > RHEL machines?(RHN subscription expired) > > Alexander Farber wrote: > > Has anybody have been in a similar situation and figured > > out a good way to make "yum update" on RHEL machines > > to work against CentOS repositories? > > > > The CentOS repositories are just a YUM repository. Simply add the > '.repo' file to your '/etc/yum.repos.d/' folder. You will > also need to > change the '$releasever' to just '5' as rhel uses 'server5'. I just > tested this on a minimal install of RHEL 5.2. Be warned that any > updated versions of the RPMs will be overridden by the CentOS RPMs, > which did include the kernel. Yum is fairly flexible this way. I am > not sure how flexible the rhel update plugin will be if you > eventually > renew your subscription and try to go back, though. And to add to that it will break your Contract with SAP!!! JohnStanley _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos