[ale] CentOS repositories question

[Jim Kinney]

And even when the app vendors provide for the biggies, they TOTALLY don't
understand why they work the way they work: so the kernel and libraries are
fixed in time for functionality and only updated for bug and security
needs; i.e., their damn code will just run fine unless they used a bug or
security fault as a feature.
On May 11, 2015 9:19 PM, "Jerald Sheets" <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
>
>
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