OT: Sendmail

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> > Redhat for example backported the fixes, they always do...

> Shouldn't they still change the version number in some way (eg 8.12.8 ->
> 8.12.8a or 8.12.8-1) so that sysadmins know whether they've got the new one
> or the old one on a given machine?

This implies a security risk, with version scanners. Admins on the box
can do a rpm -q sendmail ...

Bye,
Raymond.