On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
On 15/04/13 09:20, Phil Mayers wrote:
On 04/14/2013 10:56 AM, Peter Lambrechtsen wrote:
to complie without too much drama onto FreeRadius 2.1.12 as that's the
version we are running due to it being supported by RHEL 6.3.
FWIW I think this is a misguided approach. We run RHEL and use their
supported packages where appropriate, but where we need a newer version
of the package (FreeRADIUS, bind, exim, etc.) we build it ourselves.
You don't *have* to use their packages, but if you insist on doing so,
you should harrass *them* to backport fixes you need - you are, after
all, paying them for this service.
I thoroughly agree with you bugging RedHat. I've already had a few patches applied and supported by RH, so this will just be another one.
I also agree that we should build and run the latest and greatest stable release. However our change management and operational support folks look on that somewhat differently than I do. Once FR has been in place in production for a bit longer and has a proven track record in my employer then I am sure they will see it differently. It's just when you're trying to get through production readyness gates and end to end solution designs get reviewed sometimes tough questions get asked.
RH were more than happy when I gave the patches on a plate including their updated RPM spec file that builds fine to add it into their supported version.