[rhn-users] RH ES3 Update Packages are generally older/obsolete?

[cstrickler at iitri.org]

If you look at the change log for each of those packages you will notice that
there have been several changes since the origional release.  That is why the
version number on the RPM of DHCP is 3.0pl2-6.14.1, not just 3.0pl2.  As for
how and why Red Hat does its numbering and/or whether the packages include the
features that you need I'd ask Red Hat sales.

- Carl


Quoting James Bourne <jamesb at al.com.au>:

> Hi List,
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> I'm concerned that some of the patches / updates offered by RHN for ES 3
> are detrimental from a functionality perspective? The main three we have
> issues with are:
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> DHCPD
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> BIND
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> YP
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> DHCPD: 3.0pl2. This version is ancient (2+ years?). 3.0.1 superseded it
> six months ago. 3.0pl2 contains numerous bugs especially in regard to
> high availability "peering" setups.
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> BIND: 9.2.4. This release is rc6. The decision to distribute a release
> candidate version of BIND dumbfounds me as well as several users on the
> isc.org list.
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> YP: 2.8. Another 2+ year old version of the daemon. This version
> SIGSEGV's when you supply the -p switch.
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> In all the daemon's above we have had to replace the binaries via third
> party RPM or from source.
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> Interestingly, we also use SuSE Enterprise 8 and 9 which ship the most
> recent versions of all these daemons.
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> The bottom line is: what am I really paying for here? Old, broken,
> obsolete daemons? A vagely souped up version of RedHat 9? Whilst I am
> "told" that we are paying for reliability and stability - that's a
> crock. None of these daemons work properly out of the box and have to be
> replaced. Will ES4 resolve this?
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