On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:46:28AM -0500, gregwm wrote:
> hi,
> 
> what about security updates?  with redhat/whitebox i can have a comfy
> feeling that a daily cron job keeps my system secure with no surprise
> changes in functionality.

Ah yes, I once cron'd apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on a debian system,
woke up at 3am to a flurry of alarms.. Some upgraded package had decided that
I wanted the system to act as a NAT router, requiring a 70 mile drive and
a lot of hair pulling.

RedHat is smart, my package installer is not my package configurator, 
installing updates RPM's does not randomly do bad things or "guess" what
I want in my absense.

-- 
Matthew S. Hallacy                            FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified
http://www.poptix.net                           GPG public key 0x01938203

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