[wplug] Which Red Hat version is best?

[Vanco, Donald]

Mike Griffin wrote:
> You can upgrade the packages manually.  Download newer packages, i
> recommend source packages which can be identified by .src.rpm. To
>    install an rpm: rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm
> 
> For a .src.rpm:
>    rpmbuild --rebuild packagename.rpm
>    cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
>    rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm

	I'm curious - why would you recommend that someone build the
binaries from source rather than simply installing the source binaries
available from RH?  Seems like a whole lot of work for nothing additional.
Further - other than the binaries doesn't this also rebuild the source RPMS,
etc?? I haven't done too much with building from source RPMS (other than all
of the AS updates) and my experiences were that TONS (i.e. ALL) development
packages had to be installed and there was a slew of garbage left on my
system (albeit in the usr/src/redhat tree) that I had to clean sweep later.

	So what's the point of working with sources when the (signed)
binaries already exist??

Don


> On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 01:57 PM, Sal Mangiapane wrote:
> 
>> I never upgraded before.  Do I just download the rpm and then what?
>> 
>> Thanks and God bless,
>> 
>> sal
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org
> [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
>>> Mike Griffin
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:45 PM
>>> To: wplug at wplug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [wplug] Which Red Hat version is best?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> RH 7.3 is pretty stable. Last I heard, 8 had some bugs and 9 is
>>> experimental. 
>>> 
>>> But, why not just update the packages in question? beats
>>> reinstalling the OS. 
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Sal Mangiapane wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I am currently running Red Hat 7.2 and I want to upgrade.
>  Should I
>>>> upgrade to 7.3, 8, or 9?
>>>> 
>>>> All I really need are an updated gcc and vi.  I exclusively use SSH
>>>> and command line interfaces.  But, I want to stay current
>>>> without getting bleeding edge.
>>>> 
>>>> sal
>>>> 
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