Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 03/28/2012 08:05 PM, Vinay Nagrik wrote:
The latest rpm in openssh is 5.8, however, the corresponding latest rpm available in centos 5.7 is only openssh-4.3p2-72.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm and in 6.0 centos is openssh-5.3p1-20.el6.x86_64.rpm
I have following questions.
- I want to start from src.rpm and where can I get the src.rpm for
openssh-5.3p1-20.el6.x86_64.rpm.
- Can I install openssh-5.3p1-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SAFELY with 5.7 centos
without causing any problems.
If you rebuild it, if it rebuilds, and if you rebuild anything that depends on the old one, then yes. It may not build without newer "buildrequires" being met though. And now, every time there is an upgrade, you have to remember to get the new one and rebuild again. You also have to track any changes of the new "buildrequires" that you had to build.
- Which of these two rpms will be most compatible with latest openssh
rpm version 5.8.
<snip>
If you rebuild a new ssh, you will also have to rebuild any packages that are built against the old openssh against the new openssh.
If you are concerned about security ... that is the whole purpose of enterprise linux ... it backports security patches for 10 years while maintaining consistent APIs/ABIs.
If you want the latest packages on your machine, then you want Fedora and not CentOS.
Well... I can see it. We had to build a newer package for 5.x, because we *had* to have PIV-II/pkcs11 support. That's *just* come in with 6.2, to be able to log in with a smart card. Even so, there's a bug/enhancement (and my manager has this in w/ Redhat, and it's been escalated) needed, that it insists on showing the userlist of recent logins.
mark