On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 12:33 PM Jon Pruente <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 9:47 AM Larry Linder <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>> It is interesting that there is a new "yum" as an RPM but do you need to

>> install it to install the rest of the .rpm packages on the RHEL 8. RPM

>> pile.

>> This looks like the chicken / egg problem or can you install the RHEL

>> rpms with the old yum?

>>

>> I have to admit that I did not read the fine print.

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>

> It's a newer package manager called dnf, not a new packaging format. dnf was introduced in Fedora 18 in 2013, so over six years. It was made the full replacement in Fedora 22. You can still call the yum command, it's just a symlink to dnf. No worries.

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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fedoraproject.org_wiki_DNF-3Frd-3DDnf&d=DwIBaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=A5w_4HZYVV8wdM-CIyuTqojig2pf2OQLcPYEBVhfh-0&s=o0mKeNq2vLkettxtsh9-B5Q5OnQWA8YExrDIMTSvbW4&e= 

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> On a RHEL 8 VM:

> $ which yum

> /usr/bin/yum

> $ ls -l /usr/bin/yum

> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Oct 15  2018 /usr/bin/yum -> dnf-3



dns if not my friend. It includes "Suggests" and "Recommends" for

other packages, which I personally think is really destabilizing and

not backwards compatible. Fedora 32, way upstream, uses a distinct

"zstd" compression format which is not backwards compatible, so taking

apart the SRPM packages for backports  is going to require chicanery.

even on CentOS 8.