On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 01:00:53PM -0500, Paul J. Gans wrote:
> One of the things I love about linux (and SuSE) is that I
> can update on my own. There is no problem with this *except*
> that you then have to check the home site of the program every
> so often and look for bug fixes and security updates.
>
> To have a system just the way you want it, a little work is
> needed. But not too much.
It is one of the (small) disadvatages. When I add something with YAST from
Packman or SUSE, it also installs software that won't be updated with YOU.
What I do is see what packages I can use from SUSE itself and downgrade
those again to the ones from SUSE, so they will be updated in case of a
security update.
My personal choice is that I rather have a program that has automagic
security updates then a program with feature X. This only if I do not need
feature X to get the program to do what I want it to do.
It would be nice if there would be a way to have YOU look for (security)
updates of those other files as well on the extra repo-site.
houghi
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