On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:21:00AM +0000, cyril said > Hi > > as a Debian newbie (recent redhat convert) I could do with a bit of advice on > handling any source builds on my server. What kind of issues should I be > aware of if I choose to build some software from source on a stable Debian > environment. If you build things from source, dpkg won't be aware of them, therefore apt will try to install them if something depends on them. > For example I usually choose to build php / apache from source > on my servers. Why? The Debian versions of apache and php include all known security fixes, and pretty much all available modules. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Firewalls Clinton underground UOP Blowpipe VX nerve gas
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