On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:27:44AM -0700, Jeff Lasman wrote: > Brian Reichert wrote: > > What I can't emperically tell is whether or not Cobalt's RaQXTR > > platform is enough like RedHat 6.5 that up2date will actually be > > useful, if not actually non-dangerous, to conventions Sun has > > introduced to this box. > > My considered opinion is it would be dangerous; Cobalt definitely has > their own update "track".
Crap. Cobalt seems, er, remiss in getting their stuff up-to-date, then. Are there any _known_ don't-upgrade-this-RPM-or-you-die gotchas out there? I have a fantasy of keeping this inherited box up-to-date, but can't guess as to how fragile the Cobalt-isms actually are. :( Thanks for the feedback, anyway... > And perhaps not as useful as you think; for example they'd probably > never update proftpd. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting > nobaloney.net, P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 > voice: +1 909 778-9980 * fax: +1 909 548-9484 -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
