C wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Bad advice, was: Wow, possible bad YAS update.' on Tue, Aug 24 at 19:28:
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 18:02, Andy Prough wrote:
I absolutely agree that warning anyone against frequent updates is a horrible idea. Not just for security purposes, almost all of the updates have significant bug fixes as well. To keep a smooth running machine, those updates, frequently applied, are an absolute necessity.
[...] Okay, okay! I digress! Apparently you didn't see the eight times that updates broke the system...? Probably. Oh well... I still digress. :-)
I've got 6 SuSE systems of various versions running here, and they are all updated with all of the relevent YOU updates as soon a the updates come out. I've had a total of one problem, and that problem arose because I had built a new package from source but neglected to package it in a neat RPM. In contrast, I had a 6.something SuSE machine a year or two ago that didn't get the ssh1 update. It's the only machine I've ever had cracked (not that it could never happen again), and it's also the only machine I neglected to keep up to date. I dunno, but perhaps the updates are good, but someone maintaining the system outside of the "standard" way could cause problems? ;) --Danny, who admittedly has more Linux experience than most, which is probably at least a minor part of the "secret to success"...