Am 31.03.2011 15:48, schrieb Reinaldo de Carvalho: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> > wrote: >> >> you should make a distribution-like package instead breaking >> the package-managment, this is no solution >> > > This isn't the real problem.
it is because a package is more than simple files >> on fedora it is 5 minutes work install a src.rpm, replace the tarball >> and after edit the SPEC-File (version, remove patches) and that was it >> > > Install from source or create a package have the same problem: break > distro security updates, for postfix this isn't so dangerous because > security patches aren't usual. only on debian because the are flicking on old versions instead making updates, if i make a newer version as in the distribution is newer some weeks later their package will be installed and that is why you should EVER make clean packages instead having old postfix from the distri because dependencies and install another one somewhere in the filesystem if you make your own packages you have to make security ipdates on your own usually, the reason for apckage-managment is not only for this, without ANY problem you can rebuild postfix 2.8.2 for Fedora 13 and update the RPM over the 2.7.2 in a clean way and so the migration question does not exist
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