[wplug] Which Red Hat version is best?

[Vanco, Donald]

Vanco, Donald wrote:
> 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?  				        ^^^^^^^

I meant to say "compiled binaries" above...