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post(centos-dnf-auto): mention updateinfo.cefs.steve-meier.de

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title: CentOS Stream does not support dnf-automatic security updates
excerpt: The repository lacks updateinfo to provide errata
date: 2024-07-15
updated: 2024-07-17
tags:
- centos
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I also searched and discovered updateinfo is also available on [Rocky Linux](https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/) and [Fedora](https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/40/Everything/x86_64/repodata/). Looking at Fedora's [repomd.xml], I learned that the updateinfo.xml is available in gzip, xzip and zchunk (`updateinfo_zck`) formats. By then, I was sure that dnf cannot apply security (nor [bugfix/feature](https://access.redhat.com/articles/explaining_redhat_errata))-specific updates in CentOS Stream.
CentOS used to have updateinfo prior to CentOS 7; after it was removed in CentOS 7, there was a [third-party repository](https://updateinfo.cefs.steve-meier.de/) that filled the gap but it never supported CentOS Stream.
## Enable automatic updates
Automatic updates only works in CentOS Stream with this config: