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dncs0725
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license issue from RHEL to centos after converting .

Post by dncs0725 » 2015/07/09 09:59:49

we've got many Redhat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5. and I want to convert servers over to CentOS to save on licensing costs.
I searched 2 sites.
centos.org http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide

softlayer.com : http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/pro ... hat-centos

question 1. In softlayer, they say there are no issue to convert if uninstall "redhat-release, yum-rhn-plugin,rhn-client-tools rhn-setup rhn-check rhn-virtualization-common rhnsd"
In here, we run rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{VENDOR} \n" | grep "Red" | wc -l ==> 640

but, In centos.org, they added some procedure after working guide in softlayer ,
yum reinstall $(rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{VENDOR} \n" | grep "RedHat".
In here, we run rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{VENDOR} \n" | grep "Red" | wc -l ==> 16

Is there any issue if we run by softlayer guide.?

question 2 , after reinstall all package , we found we can;t reinstall some package
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{VENDOR} \n" | grep "Red"
=========================================
rhnlib
rhnsd
gnome-desktop
subscription-manager-firstboot
python-rhsm
rhel-instnum
rhn-setup
rhn-setup-gnome
pango
pango
rhn-client-tools
subscription-manager-gnome
subscription-manager
kernel
rhn-check
gnome-desktop
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I removed all rpm by rpm -e --nodep, but we can't remove, and reinstall pango,,,
Is there any license issue if we leave some RedHat rpm in our server by redhat?

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Re: license issue from RHEL to centos after converting .

Post by TrevorH » 2015/07/09 21:25:33

What is the full output from yum when you try to yum remove those packages? What happens when you try to yum reinstall pango ?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: license issue from RHEL to centos after converting .

Post by dncs0725 » 2015/07/10 03:13:11

The output is as below..

[root@localhost CentOS]# ls -al | grep pang
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 342096 Sep 22 2011 pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.i386.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 346365 Sep 22 2011 pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 281662 Sep 22 2011 pango-devel-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.i386.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 282364 Sep 22 2011 pango-devel-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64.rpm

[root@localhost CentOS]# yum reinstall pango
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, katello, product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
Setting up Reinstall Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed package pango-1.14.9-8.el5_7.3.x86_64 not available.
Nothing to do

[root@localhost CentOS]# rpm -qi pango
Name : pango Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.14.9 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 8.el5_7.3 Build Date: Tue 20 Sep 2011 05:18:27 AM KST
Install Date: Thu 09 Jul 2015 11:17:01 PM KST Build Host: x86-001.build.bos.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: pango-1.14.9-8.el5_7.3.src.rpm
Size : 866079 License: LGPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 20 Sep 2011 09:22:17 PM KST, Key ID 5326810137017186
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://www.pango.org
Summary : System for layout and rendering of internationalized text
Description :
Pango is a system for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
Name : pango Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.14.9 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 8.el5_7.3 Build Date: Tue 20 Sep 2011 05:20:02 AM KST
Install Date: Thu 09 Jul 2015 11:17:14 PM KST Build Host: hs20-bc2-4.build.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: pango-1.14.9-8.el5_7.3.src.rpm
Size : 801287 License: LGPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 20 Sep 2011 09:22:17 PM KST, Key ID 5326810137017186
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://www.pango.org
Summary : System for layout and rendering of internationalized text
Description :
Pango is a system for layout and rendering of internationalized text.

and other item was same....Thanks for advance

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Re: license issue from RHEL to centos after converting .

Post by dncs0725 » 2015/07/10 06:08:13

I solved the problem. the reason is that RHEL rpm is newer than centos rpm

[root@localhost CentOS]# rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package pango-1.14.9-8.el5_7.3.x86_64 (which is newer than pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64) is already installed
package pango-1.14.9-8.el5_7.3.i386 (which is newer than pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64) is already installed
[root@localhost CentOS]# ls -al | grep pango-
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 342096 Sep 22 2011 pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.i386.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 346365 Sep 22 2011 pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 281662 Sep 22 2011 pango-devel-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.i386.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 282364 Sep 22 2011 pango-devel-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.x86_64.rpm
[root@localhost CentOS]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:pango ########################################### [100%]

[root@localhost CentOS]# rpm -qi pango
Name : pango Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.14.9 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 8.el5.centos.3 Build Date: Thu 22 Sep 2011 09:56:51 AM KST
Install Date: Fri 10 Jul 2015 09:59:28 AM KST Build Host: builder10.centos.org
Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.src.rpm
Size : 866079 License: LGPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 22 Sep 2011 12:13:45 PM KST, Key ID a8a447dce8562897
URL : http://www.pango.org
Summary : System for layout and rendering of internationalized text
Description :
Pango is a system for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
Name : pango Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.14.9 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 8.el5.centos.3 Build Date: Thu 22 Sep 2011 09:58:08 AM KST
Install Date: Fri 10 Jul 2015 10:00:33 AM KST Build Host: builder10.centos.org
Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: pango-1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3.src.rpm
Size : 801287 License: LGPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 22 Sep 2011 12:13:45 PM KST, Key ID a8a447dce8562897
URL : http://www.pango.org
Summary : System for layout and rendering of internationalized text
Description :
Pango is a system for layout and rendering of internationalized text.

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