Re: [TCLUG:22499] RH7 is proven unworthy yet again

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

Nice if you know this BEFORE you deploy.  That is what client testing is
for - but you should be able to rely on the Redhat name for a certain level
of reliability - and apparently the name is not worth very much right now.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Callum Lerwick" <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22499] RH7 is proven unworthy yet again


> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> >
> > Here is the lowdown from slashdot.  It appears that the uptime of an
> > out-of-the-box RedHat 7 machine can be no more than 3 weeks without the
> > subsequently released fix.
> >
> > Herz writes: "I got this email today from Red Hat. RH7 will crash out of
the
> > box in 3 weeks! The new Update Agent provided with Red Hat Linux 7.0
> > contains a daemon, rhnsd, which periodically polls Red Hat Network for
> > updates. This daemon leaks file descriptors. On a default installation,
all
> > available file descriptors will be used by rhnsd in approximately three
> > weeks, making the system unusable." The Red Hat folks have also provided
a
> > fix, though -- updated packages for those who want to use their update
> > network, and the two-line method of disabling per machine for those who
> > don't. After all, everyone wants uptime > 3 weeks, eh? And you don't
need to
> > wait for a "service pack," either.
> >
> > Need I say more?
>
> What if you didn't install the auto update bullshiz? ;)
>
>   2:00pm  up 5 days, 18:29,  2 users,  load average: 1.38, 1.21, 1.11
>
> Hmmm, I haven't played counterstrike in too long...
>
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