> -----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
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