On Mon, October 15, 2007 11:08 am, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:35:24 +1000 (EST) "Voytek Eymont" wrote: >> thanks, Eric > > Actually, ^^^^ should be the same as ^^^^ :-).
ooopps, sorry... Erik, thanks >> if I copy the (new) from /usr/local/bin/file to /usr/bin/file am I >> likely to cause problems...? > > It depends on the package manager, what other software depends on > that execuatble and the phase of the moon. In my experience, sooner or > later this will bite you. well, I ovewrote the old executable, and, just in case, old 'magic' files; the old executable was on executable path, new one wasn't, now that I copied it, it is again I saw on the amavis list that my present file had vulnerability, so I figured I'm better off loading the new one, I guess I'll document it for future reference, and, hope no total eclipse of the moon will affect the server -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
