-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark R. Cervarich wrote: <snip>
| In the past, I would download .tar.gz files and install programs that | I was interested in "by hand", but want to see if I can use | https://rhn.redhat.com/ (the Red Hat Network) and up2date for 99% of | my programs...because I believe it will help me keep more up to date | with security concerns, etc. I recently jumped on the same boat as you. Couldn't keep up w/ the huge amount of latest and greatest and couldn't spend the time QAing it all. | Anyways, I'm currently using spamassassin-2.31-16 which shipped with | RedHat 8.0. I'd like to "upgrade" that to a more recent version. | http://spamassassin.org/downloads.html tells me of some RPMS made | availble, but it looks like they are for RedHat 7.3. For those thinking you should just grab the Source RPM or the spec file within the tar.gz, it doesn't work (something about -q being an invalid command). If I had more time, I'd fix it for them, but alas. | So what should I do? | How should I upgrade spamassassin without messing up the benefits of | rhn and up2date? I just bit it and built the latest via cpan. Unless you want to spend the time fixing their spec file so you can build it via RPM to be "up to date", it's just easier. Worst case is that up2date will overwrite it one fine night and you'll need to reinstall the latest via cpan again. HTH, - -Rick - -- Rick Johnson, RHCE - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux/WAN Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Signed and/or encpryted for everyone's protection. iEYEARECAAYFAj3r0UYACgkQIgQdhlSHZgM5aACgs6xQT5qKDValHeiyZzVMKyfu HQAAnix+d/5T2NDHe7auKa5lbfdUoeUL =fzK6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
