Re: vulnerability of Linux

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On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 18:31, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > 
> > Why is it safer to update 10 packages once a month than 0.33 packages
> > every day?

> Because packages sometimes get retracted. I like to let them
> soak for a while before installation. And I don't install 10
> a month. Usually, only two or three get updated. Also, when
> I update, I *look* at what is being updated, and I don't always
> accept everything there.

Can you give some examples of where you have known better
by "looking" at the updates than the developers who wrote
them about whether you are safer without them?

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx



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