On 2016-04-13 09:12 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > package will be recompiled automatically as part of the updates. Any > packages *depending on* that package (like, if they're statically linked > to it) will also be recompiled.
But also _direct_ dependencies of the affected package, if the latest version has new requirements. And this is the heart of the problem. With a dedicated security channel like debian has, the fixes are recompiled targeted to the base release, so (for example) I'd never have to update perl because of a fix in spamassassin. In fact you can leave debian servers to update themselves unattended, most of the time. This is too huge a benefit for me to drop, even weighed against the recent debian annoyances. -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.
