Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 07:33:54PM -0700, Frank Mayhar wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > Surely it's easier to just upgrade the apache port, instead of > > > recompiling your kernel and the entire OS. > > Not always. (I'm running an old version of Covalent Raven SSL and I'm > > loathe to upgrade. "If it works, don't fix it" and there are only so > > many hours in a day.) > The exact same argument can be made for not upgrading the OS, which is > a much larger endeavour and can potentially screw things up much > worse.
Yep. Which is why the only times I've upgraded the kernel on my production boxes have been when there is a critical fix that I _had_ to install, usually a security fix. -- Frank Mayhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
