On Thursday 26 June 2003 02:05 pm, Rev. Jeffrey Paul wrote: > I admin 15-20 production gentoo servers for a half-dozen companies. > Stable is supposed to be just that. Bugs so incredibly obvious making > their way into portage is a clear indicator that someone, somewhere, has > dropped the ball. I might be patronizing, but that's no way to run what > is supposed to be a world-class distribution. > > PS: it's not the first time something like this has happened, either (I > recall having to manually edit /etc/ld.so.conf and edit /etc/env.d/05gcc > and run gcc-config a few months ago on a dozen production boxes... ugh).
You're upgrading major packages that could break your system on a production server? The golden rule of server administration is "if it ain't broke (or vulnerable), don't fix it!" -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com GnuPG Key ID: A79A45668240AB6C
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