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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:28:17 +0200 (IST)
From:      Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To:        James Lim <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Security Update Tool..
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012161727030.32357-100000@jamus.xpert.com>
In-Reply-To: <00a701c06704$9ae4f440$fa5e78cb@gchang>

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On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, James Lim wrote:

> Hi all,
>         Seems like today we have 2 ideas, ports autoupdate utility (
> security checks too ) as well as for the src base itself?
ports auto-update is BAD, BAD, BAD.
1) don't fix what's not broken
2) newer versions tend to be more bloated and more prone to bugs.

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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