On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:00:15PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
But if RH and you still feel FreeRadius 1.0.1 is the way to go, then I assume that RH provides the proper documentation and support for this out-dated version.
RHEL4 has freeradius 1.0.1, RHEL5 has 1.1.3.
But you are of course right: Using RHEL4 compilers and libraries is probably going to cause a number of problems too. Or to be more precise: Using RHEL4 is probably going to cause a number of problems.
I would strongly suggest to read this bug report and try to understand the implications: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=166873
Short summary for the impatient: RHEL4 includes a random CVS snapshot of mod_perl2, which is neither compatible with mod_perl1 nor mod_perl2, since there were major API changes between this CVS snapshot and the mod_perl2 release. This makes it completely unusable in the real world. This is not considered a bug.
I agree that some of RH's decisions are arguable, but, in general, having the policy to release a stable version of a Linux distro every 2 years and maintain that for 7 years *without interface changes* (in principle) is a good thing and really needed in many production environments. Thus (in general -- there are exceptions) packages are not upgraded, but only patched. In general, RHELx releases are *much* more stable and better integrated than bleeding-edge distros. Although it also has shortcomings, I'ld not want to maintain large installations using some bleeding-edge distro... Just to clarify my situation: In my case, we're talking about an installed base of RHEL4 systems in a mission-critical environment, using non-standard PC-hardware, installed at many remote locations throughout the country, so ideally this should stay working for 5+ years without reinstallation. But your message is clear and I'll see if I can generate a more recent version of freeradius on RHEL4. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204