Ubuntu package upgrading and spamassassin

[José Paulo Matafome Oleiro]

Dom, 2006-08-06 às 10:01 -0700, Matthew Kuiken escreveu:

> José Paulo Matafome Oleiro wrote:
> > Dom, 2006-08-06 às 10:29 -0400, Laura Conrad escreveu:
> >> I notice that the ubuntu Dapper spamassassin version is several months
> >> out of date (3.1.0a-2ubuntu).  The Spamassassin site says 3.1.0 was
> >> released in September of 2005, and that 3.1.3 (June, 2006) was an
> >> important security release.  The latest and greatest is 3.1.4 (July,
> >> 2006).
> >>
> >> How do experienced Ubuntu users deal with this?
> >>
> >>     Is there a way to push Ubuntu to deliver newer packages of specific
> >>     programs?  
> >>
> >>     Is there a better Ubuntu way to deal with new species of spam than
> >>     just using Spamassassin?
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Laura (mailto:lconrad at laymusic.org <mailto:lconrad at laymusic.org> , http://www.laymusic.org/ )
> >> (617) 661-8097	fax: (501) 641-5011
> >> 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
> >>
> >>     
> > You can try to create a debian install file, using the source code of 
> > the program.
> > To do this you need to follow the next steps
> > P.S.: I'm never tried to do this, but I think this should work, if 
> > anybody had suggestions give then
> >
> <snip lots of install process and other useful info>
> 
> I can't answer to the spamassasin question, but for keeping track of 
> stuff installed from source, I've always seen 'checkinstall' 
> recommended, as it creates a record so that the program can be 
> uninstalled using apt/synaptic later if need arises.  This integrates 
> slightly better with the Ubuntu system.
> 
> -Matt

What I'm saying is to create, a debian file if this doesn't exist, and
this should installed and they can create their own repo for the files.
Only this and the file is checked to be in conformity with the
standards. I will give a look at checkinstall.

Sincerely
José Oleiro aka Matafome (#computers at irc.ptnet.org Blog do Matafome )
Running Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper with XGL on:
Fujitsu-Siemens Model Amilo M 1420
Processor Centrino 1.6Ghz
768MB RAM
HD 60GB from manufacturer Toshiba
ATI 9700Pro 128MB RAM
Internet Connection: Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G by Option Model
Quad GT (384kbps/64kbps)
Distributions installed SuSE 10.1 OSS, Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (next
distribution to get into my system Debian :D )
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