Re: [cobalt-users] Versions of Perl and other programs

[Goetz Lohmann <goetz.lohmann@xxxxxx>]

Josh Kuperman schrieb:

>I am wondering which versions of Perl, Python, MySQL, Apache, etc are
>installed as part of the official updated distributions. Does anyone
>have a table anyplace. I even took a look at the 550 on Suns website
>and couldn't find a full listing. Apache, Tomcat, Java, and Bind had
>version numbers mentioned. MySql, PostgreSQL, Perl, etc did not. And
>I'd like to be able to compare what I got, with what Sun is calling
>current, with what say RedHat would be calling current.
>
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What RedHat will call current won't help you much. The whole Bunch of
Cobalt Versions
are outdatet if you only looking at the Version numbering, but they are
mostly fully patched.
But that is even harder to check if the Program you have is Patched
fully to all exceptions.

To get the Vesion Numbers you may login to your box and type:

# perl -V
# mysqladmin -V
# httpd -V
# psql -V
# sendmail -d0 < /dev/null | grep Version
# imapd < /dev/null

But note, a fully patched Version will have the old Version Number and
still have the recent
security holes closed as far as possible with that version, or as far as
it is vulnerable in that
version at all!

Better check if you installed the recent Packages to you Cobalt over the
GUI.

regards