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https://github.com/alexgit2k has created an issue in GitHub https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/issues/1413
Title: EPEL-Repository is wrongly removed during conversion
Description:
During converting Rocky Linux 9.4 to RHEL 9.4 the package `epel-release-9-8.el9.noarch` containing the configuration for the EPEL-Repository is also removed:
```
========== Info (No changes needed) ==========
(INFO) REMOVE_SPECIAL_PACKAGES::SPECIAL_PACKAGES_REMOVED - Special packages to be removed
Description: We have identified installed packages that match a pre-defined list of packages that are to be removed during the conversion
Diagnosis: The following packages will be removed during the conversion: rocky-gpg-keys-9.4-1.7.el9.noarch, epel-release-9-8.el9.noarch, rocky-release-9.4-1.7.el9.noarch, rocky-repos-9.4-1.7.el9.noarch
Remediations: N/A
```
As the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) provides packages for RHEL it should not be removed.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/#what_is_extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux_or_epel says:
> Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) is an initiative within the [Fedora Project](https://fedoraproject.org/) to provide high quality additional packages for [CentOS Stream](https://centos.org/) and [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://redhat.com/rhel) (RHEL).