On Fri Jun 06, 2003 at 08:11:57PM +0200, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: > A friend has a box with linux MDK 8.2 and prefers not to upgrade. > Since MDK stopped (or is going to stop) support for that system, how could > he keep up with security upgrades? > Should he abandon rpm and compile everything or should he use rpms > available on the Internet?
8.2 is alive until September, IIRC. At that point, he has a few options: - do nothing - grab 9.0 updates and try to build them for 8.2 (may or may not work, depending on the app) - build the particular app from source and, as you say, abandon rpm It really depends on how much work he wants to do and how concerned he is with security. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ Online Security Resource Book; http://linsec.ca/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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