On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Zack Gilburd wrote:
> 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!"
Okay, champ. I must commend you on an excellent attempt at dodging the
point in question.
-j
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