On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 13:52 +0200, DB wrote:
Hi all,
A question that has scratched at my grey cell for a time.....
There are apps in repos & there are more recent versions on their home
pages or in Source Forge - how and when do the updated versions get
incorporated into the repos?
Once the package maintainer(s) find out there is a new version, build it
and test it in updates-testing.
If you want a package updated you can file a bug in bugzilla or contact
the maintainer via email (you can get their addresses by rpm -q
--changelog package).
And the other side of the same question.... If I
install/build/compile
or whatever one of these updated versions into my F10, will yum & co be
able to keep tabs on it or must I keep a running watch on the page I got
it from?
If you use the Fedora spec file and update its version, it's likely that
things will go nicely. If you install from source (./compile, make &
make install) things will get messy, as there's nothing to keep track of
what's installed on your system.
And.... if I find an RPM on a non-Fedora site, what are
likely/possible
side-effect consequences of installing it??
Short answer: don't do it. A badly created RPM can botch your system.
--
Jussi Lehtola
Fedora Project Contributor
jussilehtola(a)fedoraproject.org