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Re: Is there a complete software list ?
From:
Charles Howard <[log in to unmask]>
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Charles Howard <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:02:20 +0000
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> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:57:40 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Is there a complete software list ?
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> Charles Howard wrote:
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:37:58 +0800
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Is there a complete software list ?
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Charles Howard wrote:
>>>> I'm planning to update from 4.4 to 5.2 and am looking for a list of software included.
>>>>
>>>> I can't see any such list on the SL pages, only the cumulative lists for each release.
>>>>
>>>> There is a useful list on DistroWatch but it is not complete.
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something obvious?
>>> The contents of the repo?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Meaning
>>
>> https://www.scientificlinux.org/community/repo
>>
>> ? Debian, for example, provides a complete list
>>
>> http://packages.debian.org/testing/
>>
>> It's surprising that SL apparently doesn't.
>>
>
> Well ... it's not surprising if nobody has ever asked for it, which is why
> nobody quite knew what you were asking for
>
> You can look at the list of rpm's
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/i386/SL/
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/x86_64/SL/
> In my opinion, that is the most authoritative list, because there can't be any
> 'hidden' packages.
>
> But we also use repoview in our yum repositories, those are at
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/i386/SL/repodata/
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/52/x86_64/SL/repodata/
>
> Troy
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> Troy Dawson  [log in to unmask]  (630)840-6468
> Fermilab  ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group
> __________________________________________________

Thanks very much! It's very good to have this. 

For the record, I was looking for mairix and sage. 

Chas



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