[huskerlug] Re: Advice -- RedHat version support(No free lunch!)

On Friday 26 September 2003 11:37 am, you wrote:
> SuSE does the same thing.  You might find sites where
> people keep up the packages, even on the older versions. =20
> Another thing is to learn how to compile source packages
> so they will run on older distros. Packages from older
> FreeBSDs run on the latest ones.  When they finally go
> from the 4x to 5x series, though, I'm not quite sure how
> that is going to work.  Upgrading from 4.2 to 4.8 of
> FreeBSD did NOT work well for me, well better to say it
> didn't work though the packages from 42 worked on 4.8.
>       So, you finally ran into one of the facts of life on
> Linux.  I sure would like to hear how well people are able
> to keep older versions of Linux plugging away.   I'm very
> curious.   ---Jim

The need to upgrade depends on what the box is being used=20
for.  I had the 6.4 version of SuSE installed on a BBS=20
system at work.  It ran for over 30 months without a patch=20
or upgrade (or crash!)  because it was doing exactly what we=20
wanted to do with it.  We only shut it down because we=20
outsourced the task it was doing.

I ran into this problem during the conversion from shlibs to=20
LibC6.  Both my Applix Office Suite and my WordPerfect WP =20
stopped working after that upgrade.  I could have installed=20
the shlibs but I decided to go forward with the new=20
libraries and use apps which used them.

Right now I am at another crossroads.   Do I upgrade to MDK=20
9.2 or stay with MDK 9.1.   I see no compelling reason to=20
upgrade so unless some reason really pops out at me I will=20
stay with 9.1 for another 6 months.  I may not upgrade until=20
the 2.6 kernel reaches the second release.

>
> On Friday 26 September 2003 10:20, you wrote:
> > I've got a couple of production machines currently
> > running RedHat 7.x series. I see that RedHat will be
> > dropping support at the end of December of this year. I
> > will have opportunities to upgrade the machines soon. I
> > was considering installing the latest version of RedHat
> > (9), but I see that they are dropping support for that
> > on April 30, 2004. I don't want to have to do another
> > re-install in a few months! I am seriously looking at
> > installing a different distro like Debian or something
> > where the support seems more continuous (I also use
> > Debian on other machines). Can any of the RedHat experts
> > give advice on what a RedHat user is supposed to do to
> > avoid having to reinstall so often?
> >
> > -Rog

=2D=20
Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by=20
professionals
GreyGeek

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