On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:56:58PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Debian does not always follow upstream minor versions but instead patch > selectively for the best of stability. They are usually good at it.
Definitely no arguments there. After I switched to Debian I've had no stability problems at all. (Thanks, everyone!) > Unless you tell what feature/issue you are concerned, there is no answer > to your question. Did you experimented with debian 2.9p2? Did you read > changelog? Mostly the changes are just minor things (obviously, since it's just a patchlevel difference). One of the things tripping up my management scripts is that the filenames are apparently different under debian 2.9p2 (authorized_keys2, known_hosts2, etc) than they are under 2.9.9p2. Since the scripts run on multiple machines, I would have to hardcode the difference, since the ssh2 config files don't let me specify what file names to /generate/, only what file names to /read/. (Which makes sense.) Yes, I know /some/ files can be overriden with -f and so forth. That still means I would have to make hardcoded changes to scripts; these need to run identically on both Debian and non-Debian. I'll probably just build the openssh 2.9.9p2 from source and play with it. If it works well, should that be reported to Debian? Phil -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams
