Amazon Linux 1 AMI has access to an amzn-updates-base yum repository. This repository has access to 'latest' versions of numerous packages.
Is there a mirror for this repo for Amazon Linux 2? Or recommended alternative to getting access to those packages?
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Example from a Amazon Linux 1 instance
yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper
1039 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
repo id repo name status
!amzn-main/latest amzn-main-Base enabled: 5,883
amzn-main-debuginfo/latest amzn-main-debuginfo disabled
amzn-main-source/latest amzn-main-source disabled
amzn-nosrc/latest amzn-nosrc-Base disabled
amzn-preview/latest amzn-preview-Base disabled
amzn-preview-debuginfo/latest amzn-preview-debuginfo disabled
amzn-preview-source/latest amzn-preview-source disabled
!amzn-updates/latest amzn-updates-Base enabled: 845
amzn-updates-debuginfo/latest amzn-updates-debuginfo disabled
amzn-updates-source/latest amzn-updates-source disabled
Example from an Amazon Linux 2 (2017.12) instance
yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: langpacks, priorities, update-motd
98 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
repo id repo name status
!amzn2-core/2017.12/x86_64 Amazon Linux 2 core repository enabled: 7,157
amzn2-core-debuginfo/2017.12/x86_64 Amazon Linux 2 core repository - debuginfo packages disabled
amzn2-core-source/2017.12 Amazon Linux 2 core repository - source packages disabled
Edited by: cg_jbethke on Jan 19, 2018 11:43 AM - formatting correction
Edited by: cg_jbethke on Jan 19, 2018 11:44 AM
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