On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 03:26:44PM -0800, Ned Bun wrote: > When I compile new versions of stable or alpha Tor, should I ensure I > have the latest version of libevent, or use the current, always > outdated, version of libevent from my Linux distro's repo? Are there > any disadvantages to not using the latest libevent from the official > libevent homepage?
It depends just how outdated your libevent is. And what platform you're running it on, which dictates what system call it prefers to use: select, poll, kqueue, etc. Tor tries to warn you if it sees a combination of a platform and libevent version that it knows is especially bad: see check_libevent_version() in src/or/config.c But if you're encountering problems and you're using an old libevent, upgrading your libevent is often a good place to start. --Roger
