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Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Posted Jul 15, 2021 3:07 UTC (Thu) by cpanceac (guest, #80967)
In reply to: Planning the CentOS 8 endgame by dowdle
Parent article: Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

The system (${yum/dnf update/upgrade/etc}) should reply with a meaningful message, similar to this: "Starting with ${Some Date} we are no longer providing updates to ${Current Centos 8 version}. You may choose to switch to Centos Stream instead to continue receiving updates. Find detailed info and instructions at ${This Web Page}"

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Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Posted Jul 15, 2021 13:34 UTC (Thu) by jcpunk (subscriber, #95796) [Link] (3 responses)

That feature doesn't currently exist in dnf.

It sounds neat though, could you open a feature request with those folks? I'd be a bit curious how they'd suggest securing it against a malicious mirror....

Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Posted Jul 15, 2021 14:38 UTC (Thu) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

This actually seems like a nice feature for EOM Fedora releases too.

Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Posted Jul 15, 2021 18:39 UTC (Thu) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248) [Link] (1 responses)

Just require such messages to be signed with one of the GPG keys that dnf trusts for package installation. Index it via repodata, which itself is signed the same way, if I'm not mistaken.

Planning the CentOS 8 endgame

Posted Jul 15, 2021 20:12 UTC (Thu) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

Or simply put the message in a DNF plugin that is in a signed RPM. As a one-off, no need to develop an elaborate system.


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