On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:36:16PM +0100, Marcel Weber wrote: > What about considering outdated security tools as hazardous to the > system's security? Taking this point of view, why not distributing > updated versions via debian-security? >
I've a general issue along those lines. There are often tools I'd like to install but most packages specify >= a version of libc6 even when the package would basically run with any libc that ever existed. In one sense this is a more general issue, but it's also a security one in that it prevents using adding important tools to an older dist on a one off basis, even if that tool would give a substantial increase in security. You can force things, but then you've hassles for life every time you use apt and dselect.
