I am new to Asterisk and have searched all over for an answer to this, so please don't skewer me too bad if this is a stupid question. I am currently running 1.6.0.21 on a few test boxes (one i386, one x64), and have noticed that there haven't been any RPM updates since .21, even though .25 just hit. What I am wondering about (and please don't assume this is a complaint, I simply don't know the reasoning) is the lag between the release of the version and the RPM availability. Is there something that needs to be done other than compiling the code? If so, what is it? I know that I can just download the code and compile it myself, and I have done that, but obviously it is simply easier to use yum. So I am merely curious what the process is, so that in the future, I have an idea of how long I will need to wait for an RPM to be available (so I can decide if I want to wait, or if there is code that I need to get sooner). Thanks. -Jay -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Asterisk Development Team Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:40 PM To: asteriskteam at digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6.0.25, 1.6.1.17,and 1.6.2.5 Now Available The Asterisk Development Team has announced security releases for the following versions of Asterisk: * 1.6.0.25 * 1.6.1.17 * 1.6.2.5
On Friday 26 February 2010 10:24:41 Jay Vocaire wrote:> I am new to Asterisk and have searched all over for an answer to this, > so please don't skewer me too bad if this is a stupid question. I am > currently running 1.6.0.21 on a few test boxes (one i386, one x64), and > have noticed that there haven't been any RPM updates since .21, even > though .25 just hit. > > What I am wondering about (and please don't assume this is a complaint, > I simply don't know the reasoning) is the lag between the release of the > version and the RPM availability. Is there something that needs to be > done other than compiling the code? If so, what is it? > > I know that I can just download the code and compile it myself, and I > have done that, but obviously it is simply easier to use yum. So I am > merely curious what the process is, so that in the future, I have an > idea of how long I will need to wait for an RPM to be available (so I > can decide if I want to wait, or if there is code that I need to get > sooner).That's a question you need to ask of your distribution provider. If they are unable to provide security updates in a reasonable amount of time, perhaps you need to consider using one that will. Or, as you stated before, use the source download and compile it yourself. Also, if you're using CentOS 5, Digium creates RPMs, which you can source here: http://packages.digium.com/centos/5/current/ -- Tilghman Lesher Digium, Inc. | Senior Software Developer twitter: Corydon76 | IRC: Corydon76-dig (Freenode) Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Jay Vocaire <jvocaire at innproc.com> wrote:> I am new to Asterisk and have searched all over for an answer to this, > so please don't skewer me too bad if this is a stupid question. ?I am > currently running 1.6.0.21 on a few test boxes (one i386, one x64), and > have noticed that there haven't been any RPM updates since .21, even > though .25 just hit. > > What I am wondering about (and please don't assume this is a complaint, > I simply don't know the reasoning) is the lag between the release of the > version and the RPM availability. ?Is there something that needs to be > done other than compiling the code? ?If so, what is it?I'm assuming that somebody, somewhere built a SPEC file, which is (I thought) required to build an rpm. If you can track that down, you should be able to use that spec file and change out the source it's pointing to, to build your own rpms at will. I just did a find | grep -i spec on an asterisk source tree, so I'm going out on a limb and saying it's not distributed in the normal source package.