I'm Linux SysAdmin at the company I work for, I always install everything from source. A colleague, a Windows SysAdmin, installs everything on his Linux boxes from RPMs.
What does that tell you? :) Although I like the concept behind RPMs, and they work well for vanilla installations (like SA oddly enough), I much prefer compiling things from scratch with whichever machine specific optimisations I care to implement. Daz > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Chris Santerre > Sent: 16 October 2003 14:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Spamassassin updates > > > The topic of updates has come up every new version of SA. You have 3 > options: > > 1) Source > 2) RPM > 3) CPAN > > For some strange reason I always like the source. I think it > goes back to my > childhood, when mom said "Why do you have to do everything > the hard way?" > :-) > > Anywho, I would love to see this subject broken down on the > wiki in nice > form. I'm not even close to being able to write that. I've > only upgraded > once, and that was before it went live. 2.61 will be my next upgrade. > > It's just a suggestion, but any takers? This has been a great thread. > > --Chris > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
