It's got to be done, so may as well test it ...
The FAQ says to do:
dnf install centos-release-stream
dnf distro-sync
This I did and everything went fine. I checked before doing the distro-
sync and there was a load of new Stream repos in /etc/yum.repos.d
Rebooted the machine and dnf has gone back to only looking in 8.3, and
the stream repos had disappeared.
Looking in the logs I can see this:
2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-stream-release.noarch
8.4-1.el8 will be installed
2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-linux-release.noarch
8.3-1.2011.el8 will be obsoleted
2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-release-stream.x86_64
8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8 will be obsoleted
and
Installing:
centos-stream-release noarch 8.4-1.el8
Stream-BaseOS 21 k
replacing centos-linux-release.noarch 8.3-1.2011.el8
replacing centos-release-stream.x86_64 8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8
The centos-stream-release RPM does not contain any repo information,
that was all in centos-release-stream that has been removed. So stream
has deleted itself.
It's not a good start.
I also can't seem to get back to a sensible system and have now got a
system with a mixture of CentOS 8 and CentOS 8 Stream RPMs with no way
of installing the Stream repos from an RPM.
I see that "subscription-manager" has been installed on this system
now
which it never was. Is CentOS also going to be part of that ecosystem
as well?
Fortunately this was a throw-away install. I hope no one has tried the
instructions in the FAQ on an important machine!
P.
On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 8:01 AM Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote:> > It's got to be done, so may as well test it ... > > The FAQ says to do: > > dnf install centos-release-stream > dnf distro-sync > > This I did and everything went fine. I checked before doing the distro- > sync and there was a load of new Stream repos in /etc/yum.repos.d > > Rebooted the machine and dnf has gone back to only looking in 8.3, and > the stream repos had disappeared. > > Looking in the logs I can see this: > > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-stream-release.noarch > 8.4-1.el8 will be installed > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-linux-release.noarch > 8.3-1.2011.el8 will be obsoleted > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-release-stream.x86_64 > 8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8 will be obsoleted > > and > > Installing: > centos-stream-release noarch 8.4-1.el8 > Stream-BaseOS 21 k > replacing centos-linux-release.noarch 8.3-1.2011.el8 > replacing centos-release-stream.x86_64 8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8 > > The centos-stream-release RPM does not contain any repo information, > that was all in centos-release-stream that has been removed. So stream > has deleted itself. > > It's not a good start. > > I also can't seem to get back to a sensible system and have now got a > system with a mixture of CentOS 8 and CentOS 8 Stream RPMs with no way > of installing the Stream repos from an RPM. > > I see that "subscription-manager" has been installed on this system now > which it never was. Is CentOS also going to be part of that ecosystem > as well? > > Fortunately this was a throw-away install. I hope no one has tried the > instructions in the FAQ on an important machine! > > P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > I thought I saw a reply from Johnny that streams wasn't quite ready, maybe > he will chime in but that's what I thought I saw in a response.
On 12/9/20 8:01 AM, Pete Biggs wrote:> > It's got to be done, so may as well test it ... > > The FAQ says to do: > > dnf install centos-release-stream > dnf distro-sync > > This I did and everything went fine. I checked before doing the distro- > sync and there was a load of new Stream repos in /etc/yum.repos.d > > Rebooted the machine and dnf has gone back to only looking in 8.3, and > the stream repos had disappeared. > > Looking in the logs I can see this: > > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-stream-release.noarch 8.4-1.el8 will be installed > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-linux-release.noarch 8.3-1.2011.el8 will be obsoleted > 2020-12-09T12:28:42Z DEBUG ---> Package centos-release-stream.x86_64 8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8 will be obsoleted > > and > > Installing: > centos-stream-release noarch 8.4-1.el8 Stream-BaseOS 21 k > replacing centos-linux-release.noarch 8.3-1.2011.el8 > replacing centos-release-stream.x86_64 8.1-1.1911.0.7.el8 > > The centos-stream-release RPM does not contain any repo information, > that was all in centos-release-stream that has been removed. So stream > has deleted itself. > > It's not a good start. > > I also can't seem to get back to a sensible system and have now got a > system with a mixture of CentOS 8 and CentOS 8 Stream RPMs with no way > of installing the Stream repos from an RPM. > > I see that "subscription-manager" has been installed on this system now > which it never was. Is CentOS also going to be part of that ecosystem > as well? > > Fortunately this was a throw-away install. I hope no one has tried the > instructions in the FAQ on an important machine! > >Put this line : dnf swap centos-{linux,stream}-repos after dnf install centos-release-stream (so make it the second command) FAQ/SITE getting updated.