Karl Fischer wrote: > Ted Cooper wrote: >> Karl Fischer wrote: >>> Is there any good receipe out there about (easily) getting the >>> (upgrade to the) newest version of exim on Debian (sarge|etch) >>> without these troubles - ending up in compiling from source ? >>> >>> Many thanks for any hints ... >> Sources arn't that bad .. let's see what you have to do .. > > well, I never said that ... > But your giving away all the advantages of a package manager, aren't you? > (not talking about the disadvantages here ... ) > > exim isn't the only package I use (what a surprise) and I've got more > than one box (on different platforms) to maintain so fetching the source, > compile it, watch for errors and then - of course - do this on a test > system first before cou go live with it is significantly more work than > > aptitude update; aptitude upgrade ...
Well .. I kinda wrote my own. Since I have enough custom machines that upgrading them would be a pain, they check back with a central server once a day and pick up any new packages I have for them. The package is a gpg encrypted/signed bash script that downloads the source, configures it how I like it, makes, installs and reports back to me on its status. >> No need to be afraid of the sources .. > > I'm working with Linux long enough (10+ years) for not to be afraid about > sources, however, I confess: I'm just lazy and looking for an easier way ;-) > > Thanks Ted for the comment anyway ... I seem to be addicted to automating everything so finding the easier way for me generally means programming for a few days to get something done that would normally take a few hours :P -- The Exim Manual http://www.exim.org/docs.html http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
