[ale] CentOS repositories question

[Jerald Sheets]

The real problem here is brain-dead development methods such as static-linking, and even (yes I’ve seen it) grepping out the /etc/redhat-release and not running if it didn’t say the right thing (even though updating it to say the right thing caused the software to function perfectly).

Unfortunately, to Jeff’s point, most serious app vendors (and even some not-so-serious ones) will only support the “biggies” of the Linux world such as RedHat & SuSE (and to a lesser extent Debian) even though CentOS is binary compatible to RHEL…. >shrug<

As much as you and I and everyone else on the list would like all our favorite distros supported, the market just won’t go there.


Jerald Sheets
questy at gmail.com



> On May 11, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Gentoo Linux is great at everything but it's especially nice for dev environments. There is no "repo madness;" if you want to carry some really unusual combinations of things or use highly arcane packages (to include apps that you yourself create), you can institutionalize an overlay and the whole systems acts as though your app is simply part of the repository.
> 
> On 5/11/15 10:05 AM, leam hall wrote:
>> Ah, I've seen those sorts of developer induced cesspools. Sorry to hear, pardner. What's worse is that you'll get blamed for any security event using an unpatched vector.
>> 
>> Personally, I'd ensure your security manager is in the loop. They may be able to give you some weight in pushing for either full patching or dumping that software.
>> 
>> Leam
>> 

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 842 bytes
Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20150511/a0c99afe/attachment.sig>