10 Apr
2005
10 Apr
'05
12:32 p.m.
On Apr 10, 2005, at 6:50, Johnny Hughes wrote:
The postfix guys also say compile your own and don't use the distro version. I say, also use RPMs so you can continue to get security updates.
Even though this topic of prepackaged-vs-RPM is a total rat-hole I'd like to note that the "anti-prepackaged" attitude most likely stems from the fact that most distros ship either ancient versions or versions that simply don't have a lot of desired extensions (or "usable versions" of these extensions) linked in.
For me the postfix that shipped with Centos4 was the first RPM that I successfully used in a setup where LDAP and SASL play important roles, everywhere else I had to roll my own.
jens