[CLUE-Tech] Red Hat 7.3 question

[Adam A. G. Shamblin]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:44:08 -0600
David Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:

> Mike Staver wrote:
> > Right - I do visit the Red Hat update page quite often, and I think I
> > may have found the problem.  I thought I had openssl up to date, but it
> > appears I was mistaken.  I had:
> > 
> > openssl-0.9.6b-18
> > 
> > The current version with bug fixes is:
> > 
> > openssl-0.9.6b-28
> 
> I'd only recently realized that distros worked this way--using SuSE and 
> trying to find a later version to fix bugs.  Debian (testing) gets you 
> the real deal when you upgrade.
> 
> I wonder how much effort it is to maintain your own patches and whether 
> it is easier to test your patches than to test the latest version of the 
> package.
> 
> Dave

There's a lot to be said for maintaining your own patches and compiling your own code.  Be it an RPM, or a Debian package - whatever - the source will always be available before a package has been released.  Besides, that's quite a bit of trust to lend to package builder, who generally is just another hacker like you or me.

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Adam A. G. Shamblin	<signal9 at earthlink.net>

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