Re: [CentOS] Re: Mixing RPMforge and EPEL (Was: EPEL repo)

Timothy Selivanow wrote:

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The LFHS is the problem here, although putting applications where you want them in the filesystem would make Linux as hard to use as the Mac. Oh wait...

That compromises one of GNU/Linux's biggest strengths, that of shared libraries. So instead of just upgrading OpenSSL, I now have to upgrade the following that is on one of my servers:

Unixes have had mechanisms to handle multiple shared library versions probably for as long as shared libraries have existed. Are you sure you want _any_ enabled repository to be able to replace your stock ssl libs, though? So far the discussion has assumed that everyone involved is operating in good faith and all problems are just accidental, but what if...?