Topic: Am I missing something?

[Del]

Hi All,
Forgive me if I am being stupid, I am no Linux guru, but even though Redhat is being discontinued couldn't future security updates be got from the individual sources? Such as Apache, Samba or where ever? Just a thought.
Regards,
Del

[Jason Judge]

I doubt the individual patches and updates will be produced at all for a platform that is discontinued. I believe that is the point: the platform has moved on, and so will all the support.

-- JJ

[Del]

Hi Jason,
Sorry I didn't realise that Apache web server and Samba themselves were being discontinued. This must mean that whatever Linux distro is chosen there will be problems as every version I have tried all use Apache, Samba Fetchmail etc. I didn't realise that the problem was so BIG! Maybe I will have to dig out my Microsoft server books and brush up on that!
Regards,
Del

[Jason Judge]

No - I didn't mean that

What I meant is that RPM builds of those products that are specifically made for RH7.2 will begin to get scarce. You could always compile them up from the source, but that's not easy on an e-smith box. It just means that e-smith would be based less and less on 'off-the-shelf' components as time goes on.

-- JJ

[Nathan Fowler]

You can always rebuild a source RPM.

Instead of downloading the distribution specific RPM, simply opt for the .src.rpm and issue an rpm --rebuild rpmname.src.rpm.

Additionally, you can always recompile from source or create your own RPMs from source.

All is not lost