Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 03/08/08 11:00 CST: > That way the user can *decide for herself* if she wants the binary > or source version. Additionally, it keeps the instructions for the > source build around for reference or whatever.
I forgot to mention that by leaving the instructions in the book with a warning about the vulnerabilities, and if a new release in the 6u(x) series *does* come out, users should use that. And there will be existing instructions for how to build it. I'd hate to release a stable BLFS book with a binary only package and two weeks after release there's a source build available, but no instructions in the stable book for how to build it. Though this violates the situation discussed about Firefox and using instructions for releases not tested, there really is no choice and to me it is better than just removing the instructions altogether. Comments welcome. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.22] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 11:02:00 up 20 days, 2:47, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.26, 0.13 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
