Mark Post wrote:
SLES9 SP4 is well under way. I can't find the RPMs associated with it right
now, so I can't tell if the version of sudo will be newer or not. I suspect it
will not be newer. If you download sudo from source and compile it yourself,
it will void support for sudo, but not your system as a whole. And, if you run
into a problem, and are able to replicate it with the supported version of
sudo, then you can still file a support request. At least, that's been the
policy for other things. You would need to ask officially through your normal
support channels to get an official answer.
If you do decide to compile your own, please, please, use the .spec file from
the current source RPM as the basis for your package. Modify it as needed to
reference new versions, try to see if any patch files included in the current
SRPM are still applicable, etc. You're much more likely to get a usable
package that way.
First place to look for a new version is the opensuse stream, 10.3 or
the later developments.
Odds are good it will just build and install, and at some point, when
you upgrade to sles11, it is likely to get upgraded to a supported version.
If you use an unsupported package, the onus is on you to track security
problems.
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Cheers
John
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