On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:06:34AM -0500, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: > Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 10:56, Lewi wrote: > > > is redhat provide rpm for every new release, for example like apache or php, > > > if not why, considering a bug in old version? and where i can find it? or i must >install it from tarball > > > > All software has bugs. Therefore, to provide patches for all their old > > versions, they'd be nothing else than patching and testing. > > > > Red Hat provides security bugfixes for old releases - I believe they > > still go back to 5.2 or earlier. > > RHL 6.2 is the oldest supported version of RHL - RHL 5.2 was supported > for 3 years after the release.
Although you work for Red Hat, I'm still going to disagree. Several packages have recently been updated for 5.2 and are on your ftp site. sendmail, for example, is as recent in 5.2 as it is for 7.2 (8.11.6). IMHO, Red Hat does a much better job of supplying security patches for old released compared to many other vendors. Perhaps you don't fix all the security holes in the ancient releases, but at least you get some for the stragglers. > Trond Eivind Glomsrød > Red Hat, Inc. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
