On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:32:34AM -0500, stan wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:15:02AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:37:02AM -0500, stan wrote: > > > I did apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade on some of my > > > machines running testing, and I was surprised to not [pull patched > > > sendmail binaries, based upon the announcement of a vulnerability > > > in it yesterday. > > > > Testing doesn't have security updates, and has never been advertised as > > having security updates. Are you volunteering? > > > > <sigh> Someone else running testing in a production environment. > > And my choices are? > > As I see them. > > 1. Run unstable, and have a broken system more often than not. > 2. Run stable and have 1970's versions of software/
That's a hopeless exaggeration; I run stable happily on my home server. Anyway, if you run testing you need to manage the security yourself by backporting patches. I don't believe anyone will ever have told you otherwise. (It's not an ideal situation, true. However, it's reality.) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
