Conversion to Linux

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:50 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Jeffrey Watts <jeffrey.w.watts at 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.

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