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From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To: James Lim <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>
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Subject: Re: Security Update Tool..
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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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