Re: [OT]Re:Checkpassword + Redhat 9.0 - Update

[email protected] Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:16:33 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.djb.checkpassword
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:21:23AM -0700, Sean Kennedy wrote:
> >No, RedHat Linux 9 is fine.  If it "doesn't work" or "is slow", that's a
> >configuration issue and the fault of the administrator.  Please don't 
> >pollute
> >the list archives with misinformation.
> 
> Forgive me then, "in my experience", it is not a good os for qmail.  My 
> experience is, as many of you have seen, rather limited, but I spent a good 
> week fighting with it.  At the very least, it is a non-trivial thing to 
> setup.

It is, just use the rpms; they are all patched the right way.  Slack
works because it probably uses the older glibc still.  Wait till you
upgrade to the new slack in the Fall (or whenever), and your problems
come back with a vengeance.

Mate

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