-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora EPEL Update Notification FEDORA-EPEL-2020-42ebd9ff65 2020-11-17 03:01:46.493073 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : convert2rhel Product : Fedora EPEL 7 Version : 0.13 Release : 1.el7 URL : https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel Summary : Automates the conversion of RHEL derivative distributions to RHEL Description : The purpose of the convert2rhel tool is to provide an automated way of converting the installed other-than-RHEL OS distribution to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The tool replaces all the original OS-signed packages with the RHEL ones. Available are conversions of CentOS 6/7 and Oracle Linux 6/7 to the respective major version of RHEL.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Changes included in this version: * allow conversions of CentOS and Oracle Linux 8 * fix "TypeError: execve()" py2.6-related error when calling external commands * remove unused code related to using offline snapshot or RHEL repositories * remove all Red Hat Network (RHN)-related code as RHN has been shut down * set POSIX/C locale at the start of running the tool * remove python- syspurpose dependency from spec - not available on OL 7 and 8 * not renaming the original system repofiles anymore * replace the word blacklist with exclude/excluded * clearing yum versionlock that could cause the conversion to fail * printing rpm files that were modified during the conversion * minor UX improvements and test infrastructure improvements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Fri Nov 13 2020 Michal Bocek mbocek@redhat.com 0.13-1 - allow conversions of CentOS and Oracle Linux 8 - fix "TypeError: execve()" py2.6-related error when calling external commands - remove unused code related to using offline snapshot or RHEL repositories - remove all Red Hat Network (RHN)-related code as RHN has been shut down - set POSIX/C locale at the start of running the tool - remove python-syspurpose dependency from spec - not available on OL 7 and 8 - not renaming the original system repofiles anymore - replace the word blacklist with exclude/excluded - clearing yum versionlock that could cause the conversion to fail - printing rpm files that were modified during the conversion - minor UX improvements and test infrastructure improvements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use su -c 'yum update convert2rhel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "YUM", available at https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7%5C /html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-yum.html
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