full-disclosure - [OT] Re: Knocking Microsoft

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From: steve.wray at paradise.net.nz (Steve Wray)
Subject: [OT] Re: Knocking Microsoft

> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Tim
> Sent: Monday, 1 March 2004 18:33
> 
> > First of all, why would you do this?  Secondly, it won't work
because the 
> > port will simply tell you that it's already installed and suggest
you 
> > uninstall the previous version first.
> 
> Well, it didn't used to.  And if you HAVE to uninstall the old port
> before compiling the new one... isn't that already broken?  How long
> does it take to compile Apache?  You want your servers down that long?
> Once again, I am going on old information, but back then, it was
> rediculous how short-sighted some of the ports scripts were.

I hate to butt into this thread but compiling apache on your primary web
server,
even having a compiler on an internet exposed machine, is just plain
daft.

Surely this OS (FreeBSD, IIRC) wouldn't require such lunacy?