east side meeting and asterisk stuff

[R P Herrold]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, geekgirl28 at cox.net wrote:

> I recommend PIAF because you can see it from the source 
>level without having to deal with crappy RPM's

If the rpms are poorly written (in their .spec file, one 
assumes), why not amend them;  Writing a good .spec file is 
reasonably trivial.

see:
 	http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Rpm

or use mine;  if you have a problem with their form, and it is 
a well formed objection, I'll glady improve them.  Just send a 
private email.

ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/asterisk/

This set is a bit old in the ersions [I'll update at some 
point], but has worked here forom omnths without so much as a 
quiver.

....  of course you may have issues with the RPM packaging 
system;  I can see how using the sources, so you cannot ask a 
package database when a new exploit comes along, to see if you 
are vulnerable, might be prefered, as it offers the 
opportunity to wade through sources and versions over and over 
again.  Job security, so to speak.  RPM managed sysadmin is 
boring.  ;)

-- Russ herrold