== Packages Added to SL not in Upstream == A small set of packages are directly added to Scientific Linux. Each of these is noted here to clarify their purpose and targeted use. .elrepo-release This package contains the ELRepo driver yum repo and GPG key. + This is primarily targeted at users who require drivers not packaged within SL. + It is packaged in this manner to easily allow ELRepo to issue updates to their repos. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .epel-release This package contains the EPEL driver yum repo and GPG key. + This is primarily targeted at users who require software not packaged within SL. + It is packaged in this manner to easily allow EPEL to issue updates to their repos. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .OpenAFS This package contains the OpenAFS driver and client utilities. + This is primarily targeted at AFS users. + After installation OpenAFS client services can be modified via the +afs.service+ systemd unit + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[SL_gdm_no_user_list]] .SL_gdm_no_user_list This package will disable the GDM user list in the chooser. + This is primarily targeted at users whose security policy requires the user lists to be disabled. With this RPM compliance can be set from kickstart or via +yum install SL_gdm_no_user_list+. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[SL_enable_serialconsole]] .SL_enable_serialconsole SL_enable_serialconsole will setup a serial console for login. + This is primarily targeted at users who could not set this up at kickstart. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[SL_no_colorls]] .SL_no_colorls SL_no_colorls will disable the automatic colorized 'ls' output. + This is primarily targeted at crash cart users who find the dark colors hard to read. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[SL_yum-cron_no_automated_apply_updates]] .SL_yum-cron_no_automated_apply_updates This package is for for reverting the SL change to yum-cron where security updates are applied automatically. + This same change can be performed by editing +/etc/yum/yum-cron.conf+, this RPM allows for you to set this change via kickstart. + See Also: + - link:#_packages_changed_in_sl_from_the_upstream_release[Packages Changed in SL from the Upstream Release] + - link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[SL Provides Automatic Updates] + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[SL_yum-cron_no_default_excludes]] .SL_yum-cron_no_default_excludes This package is for for reverting the SL change to yum-cron where kernel related rpms are excluded from consideration by yum-cron. + This same change can be performed by editing +/etc/yum/yum-cron.conf+, this RPM allows for you to set this change via kickstart. + See Also: + - link:#_packages_changed_in_sl_from_the_upstream_release[Packages Changed in SL from the Upstream Release] + - link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[SL Provides Automatic Updates] + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .sl-bookmarks sl-bookmarks replaces redhat-bookmarks and removes upstream branding. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .sl-indexhtml sl-indexhtml replaces redhat-indexhtml and removes upstream branding. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .sl-logos sl-logos replaces redhat-logos and removes upstream branding. + The spec file attempts to run some image optimization programs from EPEL. The source RPMs are included within the SL source repo to ensure their continued avalibility. + The optimizations can be disabled with no negative effects on the package. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[sl-release]] .sl-release sl-release replaces redhat-release and removes upstream branding. + It also provides our Scientific Linux operating system and updates repos. + You may wish to review the section on link:#_using_sl_yum_variables[Using SL Yum Variables] + You should also review link:#_sl_specific_behavior_changes[SL Specific Behavior Changes] for comments on our link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[Automatic Updates] settings. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. .sl-release-notes sl-release-notes replaces redhat-release-notes and removes upstream branding. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-sl7x]] .yum-conf-sl7x This package will modify the default repo definitions to use the 'latest' SL release + You may wish to review the section on link:#_using_sl_yum_variables[Using SL Yum Variables] + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-elrepo]] .yum-conf-elrepo This package will pull in the +elrepo-release+ package and fastestmirror yum plugin. + Scientific Linux systems are encouraged to utilize this package for gaining access to ELRepo. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-epel]] .yum-conf-epel This package will pull in the +epel-release+ package and fastestmirror yum plugin. + Scientific Linux systems are encouraged to utilize this package for gaining access to EPEL. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-extras]] .yum-conf-extras This package provdies the SL Extras repo. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-hc]] .yum-conf-hc This package provdies the SL HC repo. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. [[yum-conf-softwarecollections]] .yum-conf-softwarecollections This package provdies the SL Software Collections repo. + SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package. // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: