Re: ambiguity about nmap results

[Brandon Enright <bmenrigh () ucsd edu>]

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On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:22:46 +0300
"sara fink" <sara.fink () gmail com> wrote:

> on my laptop I have nmap version 4.60 from gentoo portage.
> 4.62 appears as non stable in portage.

The Gentoo arch/~arch model (as well as most other distributions notion
of stable/unstable) typically doesn't match the Nmap development cycle.

For Nmap it is generally the case that x.z is /more/ stable and better
tested than x.y when z > y.

At least for nmap, you probably should add

# Networking (or ~x86, etc)
net-analyzer/nmap ~amd64

to /etc/portage/package.keywords

I love Gentoo but don't expect the devs and package maintainers to make
the best decisions for your particular usage case.

Brandon

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