[Asterisk-Users] * build problem on older systems

[Holger von Ameln]

Steven Critchfield wrote:

>While it may be possible, I won't comment on the technical side of that
>fix. 
>
>Linux distros are free, and upgrading to a new distro is probably
>preferred so you don't risk any exploits on that machine. If you are
>using it in production for some other task, you may wish to rethink what
>is critical to you. Also don't count on backwards compatibility as you
>never know when it will be ripped out of a new distro, and the newer
>distro would be preferred over the old one even if the newer one is a RH
>X.0 release. 
>
>  
>
While this is true most of the time, it fails in cases where the 
so-called "Enterprise"-Distributions are used. SuSE does still provide 
fixes for this particular system and it was actually chosen because of 
the long-time support. IIRC Suse provides support and fixes for these 
Enterprise Products for at least 5 years.

Upgrading this machine to a newer Release of the Email-Server 
productline will be pretty costly. I guess I´ll have to take a dedicated 
machine for * then.