-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 13:31:46 +0100, Bernd Bartmann wrote:
> >>Anyone else noticed that the new xinetd errata from 2002-12-02 has a > >>smaller version number (xinetd-2.3.7-4.7x.i386.rpm) than the old one > >>from 2002-10-14 (xinetd-2.3.9-0.73.i386.rpm)? > > > > Do you see any problem? > > > > Newer is not always better. > > > > Sometimes only an older version of software is the easiest or > > fastest way to return stability. > > I haven't installed the errata yet. I just wanted to make sure that > this is not an error on Red Hat's side. It is just strange for me to > actually get a "downgrade" for a package. This is the first time that > Red Hat does this with an official errata. There has been at least one major DoS problem in xinetd 2.3.9 for some users for a *long* time. Judging from the corresponding bug reports (see bottom of errata release notes) I assume Red Hat decided to fix this problem by going back to a known stable version of xinetd. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE97Kzq0iMVcrivHFQRArZtAJ0Rlg6sajek9ho2GfjvvT3hXZg5uQCeMVct g6yxCpYGhZ4tpPVIjDRrjUI= =/4Dt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
