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Re: [tcpdump] tcpdump-4.4.0 installs duplicate binaries (#330)
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:45:26 -0400
tjackson <notifications () github com> wrote: > Basically, I'd like to bump the version of tcpdump in my distro and at > the same time remove the versioned binary, but I wanted to check > upstream that this is okay to do and won't cause any problems, such as > something hard-coded in some way. As I said, some other distros do this > but I haven't found a single thread involving upstream about it. Of course, you are free to do anything you like on your system. I don't think that debian or redhat install the versioned binary. I don't see how the versioned binary hurts anything, other than consuming disk space. If it's disk space that is the issue, then remove it. -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] mcr () sandelman ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [ _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org https://lists.sandelman.ca/mailman/listinfo/tcpdump-workers
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