On 15/11/12 10:00, David Seikel wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:53:06 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:59:18 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> >> said: >> >>> Simon even mentioned that it's his work system that has this >>> problem. It's very likely that some company provided systems are >>> locked down to specific versions of development tools for the >>> companies own reasons. Say for instance to provide a common >>> development environment for all the developers. He might not be >>> allowed to upgrade automake. >> >> you dont need to be root to upgrade it. don't be silly. if you're a >> developer you can happily upgrade automake all you like - as long as >> whatever you want to upgrade doesn't need root privs (setuid root for >> example), you can do it. > > I did not mention root. Could be "locked down" based on the boss > saying "Thou shalt use version X, and only version X, on pain of being > fired.".
He would have been fired for using E17 then to begin with. :) regards Stefan Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
