jam wrote:

> > Regardless of which distro or distro version you are using, replacing
> > the distro installed package with something you compile yourself is
> > almost always a bad idea, especially when you are downgrading
> 
> Do qualify your assertion (eg if you are utterly clueless then ...) because 
> otherwise the advice is. well um, um, not useful

The original poster has a very long history of asking questions
on this mailing list. From that history I have been able to 
gauge his level of expertise and I adjusted my answer accordingly.

Erik
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