[Gllug] BIND 9.2 - 'mix and match'

[Peter Ball]

On 9 Jul 2003 at 10:13, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

...
> Package management is the absolute key to a maintainable system.  I
> manage a datacentre of 170 servers, can you imagine manually compiling
> every single thing on all of those nodes?  More importantly, can you
> imagine keeping that many servers up to date with all the latest
> versions?
> 
> It sounds obvious, but compiling from source requires a 
> compiler.  Supposing I don't want to have a compiler on these 
> nodes?  (which I don't, incidentally).
> 
> Using debian's package distribution system, I can automagically
> guarantee that each and every node I manage has _exactly_ the same
> version of each and every package installed on it.
> 
> When I get run over by a bus, anyone who is familiar with debian's
> system can simply walk in and do my job with no problems.  Would
> someone walking into your office have sufficient documentation to know
> exactly what extra stuff you'd installed, and where, and why?
...

Seem's like this would be an excellent subject for a presentation at one of the Gllug meetings 
(but not August :-)

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