On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 17:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:55:02PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > > This has been discussed before. The thing is, I think that if you're > > serious about using snort, you should not even consider using the one in > > Debian. snort.org doesn't even distribute up-to-date rules files for > > the version in stable. So if you want to have a useful ruleset, you > > either need to figure out how to write it for the version in stable, or > > you need to get a new version from snort.org. Either way, you're > > working "outside" the Debian system. > > Why couldn't one just use the version from unstable (presumably building it > from source)? > No, you can't rebuild snort version from unstable.And the snort updates? The best alternative for you is apt-pinning feature, you can read more about it at apt-howto[1].
With the tips you will keep a stable system plus snort from unstable system and obviously the depends.More easy to keep updated. [1] = http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version This is the section 3.8, check the 3.9 below too. cya, Gustavo Franco -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
