To further this discussion, you can browse the RPMS on the repos here:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6/x86_64/os/Packages/
(for x86_64 architecture)


-Chris

On 11-06-29 2:19 PM, Troy Dawson wrote:
> On 06/29/2011 03:21 PM, Les Fairall wrote:
>> I am still learning my way around the sl6 distro...
>>
>> Its not on SL-60-x86_64-2011-03-03-Install-DVD.iso should I be using one
>> of the other iso's?
>>
>> The systems I am working with do not have internet access so am relying
>> on imported iso's/distro trees.
>>
>
> Ah, that makes more sense.
> The SL 6.0 Install DVD does not have *every* package.  For that you need
> the SL 6.0 Everything DVD's.
>
> The Install DVD was created so that people only needed one DVD to do an
> average install.  But if something isn't in a group in the comps.xml
> file, (which ntp-perl isn't) then it isn't on the Install DVD.
>
> Troy
>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From: *"Troy Dawson"<[log in to unmask]>
>> *To: *"Les Fairall"<[log in to unmask]>
>> *Cc: *[log in to unmask]
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:00:32 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: ntp-perl rpm
>>
>> On 06/29/2011 02:15 PM, Les Fairall wrote:
>>   >
>>   >  This is not a major thing, more of a 'what happened to'....
>>   >
>>   >  In RHEL6, they spun ntptrace and ntp-wait out out of the ntp rpm and
>>   >  created an ntp-perl rpm.
>>   >
>>   >  Is the ntp-perl rpm available on the sl6 distro ? I searched and could
>>   >  not find it. Its a minor thing and easy for me to workaround, just that
>>   >  its easier on me to keep my SL6 boxes configured like my RHEL6 boxes.
>>   >
>>   >  Thanks in advance...
>>   >  Les
>>   >
>>   >
>>
>> yum install ntp-perl
>>
>> I don't know where you were looking to try to download it from, or even
>> why, but it's in the SL6 release.
>>
>> Troy
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