On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:52:43 +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?
When the Fedora package maintainers publish updated packages.
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?
"yum & co" only care about packages found in the local RPM database
and in the enabled repositories. If you install a self-built program
without using RPM packages, "yum & co" don't know about it.
And.... if I find an RPM on a non-Fedora site, what are
likely/possible
side-effect consequences of installing it??
Depends on who packaged it and whether the same software is included
with Fedora. One could fill a chapter of a book with stuff about sloppy
packaging, conflicts, incompatibilities, version races, regression,
security issues (such as unfixed vulnerabilities or compromised
packages), problems after a dist-upgrade.