Re: [blfs-support] On updating old systems

2018-12-26 Thread Ken Moffat via blfs-support
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 03:05:48PM -0800, Paul Rogers via blfs-support wrote: > > > > > > > > In theory, BLFS is a rolling release, and therefore everybody > > > > updates everything. I suggest that in practice nobody updates > > > > everything. > > > > > > Au contraire. I do. I'd rather take

Re: [blfs-support] On updating old systems

2018-12-26 Thread Paul Rogers via blfs-support
> > > > > > In theory, BLFS is a rolling release, and therefore everybody > > > updates everything. I suggest that in practice nobody updates > > > everything. > > > > Au contraire. I do. I'd rather take the time and have everything > > consistent than end up even once having an obscure

Re: [blfs-support] On updating old systems

2018-12-26 Thread Ken Moffat via blfs-support
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 02:51:49PM +0200, Waleed Hamra via blfs-support wrote: > On 25/12/2018 07:55, Ken Moffat via blfs-support wrote: > > First, Xmas felicitations to everyone! > > > > People on -support might remember that I used to update my recent > > desktop systems for important

Re: [blfs-support] On updating old systems

2018-12-26 Thread Waleed Hamra via blfs-support
On 25/12/2018 07:55, Ken Moffat via blfs-support wrote: First, Xmas felicitations to everyone! People on -support might remember that I used to update my recent desktop systems for important vulnerability fixes (or for new versions of my preferred browser - firefox), but that after firefox-58 I