Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:12947 news.sysadmin:1708 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!percival!qiclab!sopwith!snoopy From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,news.sysadmin Subject: Distribution of bugfixes (was: Re: The Internet Virus--Another issue) Message-ID: <69@sopwith.UUCP> Date: 28 Nov 88 18:51:48 GMT References: <1460@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu. <236@bigbroth.UUCP. <5365@medusa.cs.purdue.edu. <654@optilink.UUCP> <7715@boring.cwi.nl> <2490@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> <1988Nov19.235026.29419@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 22 In article <1988Nov19.235026.29419@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: |In article <2490@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> trn@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes: |>I don't wish to pick on SUN alone. It would sure be nice if vendors could |>maintain a system on the network, reachable via anonymous ftp, containing |>the patched sources/objects/binaries for bugs found in their operating |>systems... | |There would be some small licensing problems with this, given that not |everybody on the network is licensed for the same stuff. There could be a seperate account for each package, and the login/password could be supplied with the package. A bit more work this way, but probably less than FedEx-ing tapes all over creation. You'd probably want both a ftp version and a uucp version with an 800 number. This still leaves the problem of making sure all the sites know about the bugfix. :-( _____ /_____\ Snoopy /_______\ |___| tektronix!tekecs!sopwith!snoopy |___| sun!nosun!illian!sopwith!snoopy