On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:26:32 -0400
Leonid Flaks <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The proper way might be to compile&link on a FC14 machine. But that
> > boils down to the question for which platforms there have to be
> > separate builds ... have you counted the existing ones?
> >
> There is a version of coot available as a part of Fedora 14
> distribution. Unfortunately it was built some time ago and is rather
> old on the scale of how fast this program is moving both in fixing
> bugs and introducing new features.
I recently updated the F14 (and upcoming F15) builds to SVN 3442, so a
yum update should fix that. Unfortunately, coot still depends on
guile-gtk, so there are a few broken scripts. I've pinged Paul about
this.
> In short - this library has a potential security issue in the form it
> is distributed.
>
If security is your priority, use the fedora packages. If you need
bleeding edge, use the nightly builds (caveat emptor, etc, etc).
Regards,
Tim
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