On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:50 PM, David Nicol davidnicol@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Jeffrey Watts jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com wrote:
In regards to uniquely compiled binaries - this would make auditing and testing a nightmare. If you have 100 identical webservers, having 100 different Apache binaries is a terrible idea. You want to have a test environment where you test ONE binary and deploy that ONE binary across the entire platform. You can then guarantee that that tested binary will work properly and is secure.
Setting exactly that scenario up, to support internal distribution of binaries compiled once and pushed internally, happens to be easier to set up with Gentoo
How so? I am curious as to the details. I had assumed it would be just as easy for any system with a package management framework.