On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 13:52 +0200, DB wrote: > Hi all, > > A question that has scratched at my grey cell for a time..... > > There are apps in repos & there are more recent versions on their home > pages or in Source Forge - how and when do the updated versions get > incorporated into the repos? Once the package maintainer(s) find out there is a new version, build it and test it in updates-testing. If you want a package updated you can file a bug in bugzilla or contact the maintainer via email (you can get their addresses by rpm -q --changelog package). > And the other side of the same question.... If I install/build/compile > or whatever one of these updated versions into my F10, will yum & co be > able to keep tabs on it or must I keep a running watch on the page I got > it from? If you use the Fedora spec file and update its version, it's likely that things will go nicely. If you install from source (./compile, make & make install) things will get messy, as there's nothing to keep track of what's installed on your system. > And.... if I find an RPM on a non-Fedora site, what are likely/possible > side-effect consequences of installing it?? Short answer: don't do it. A badly created RPM can botch your system. -- Jussi Lehtola Fedora Project Contributor jussilehtola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
