Re: Update surprise

[James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net>]

On 2013-04-02 10:06, Joshua Smith wrote:
> This shouldn't have been too big of a surprise, it's been around for
> about 3 months:
>
> https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/commit/db4a392de2b068eeb2768beaad89110e46d09c65
> [1]
> As the Open Source Issue Manager, someone who does not work for
> Rapid7, I can tell you that this actually makes it easier to update
> core libraries and such. At the same time, it can be sidestepped for
> those that prefer to do so by git cloning the repo and handling the
> dependencies yourself. Unfortunately you can't have your cake and eat
> it too in this scenario. As a side effect, I imagine it helps to
> further justify the continued support of the Metasploit Framework 
> (not
> the paid versions) when Rapid7 management can see at least some of 
> the
> cases when people upgrade from the community edition to the paid
> versions. Given all that MSF has gained from the acquisition, I think
> this is a small "price" to pay, esp. since it can be side-stepped w/o
> penalty.
>
> -kernelsmith
>
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 10:56 AM, James Lay wrote:
>
> > On 2013-04-02 09:35, Tod Beardsley wrote:
> >
> > > Was this on Kali? The binary installers require some kind of
> > > X/windowed

Thanks for the insight..it does help.  As I only run msfconsole and 
msfupdate (clearly not running the later near enough ;)) I'll go with 
the github route...truth be told I've never even seen the gui..perhaps 
that's not a "normal" case usage.

James

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