Here are some quotes from this person:

You are trusting that someone built the binaries directly from the
source code without any additional modification or back-doors built in.


Also building from the source allows you to either specify the default
build or add/subtract modules/functionality that you want or don't want.


The only sys admins I know of that install from binaries on Linux
machines are the lazy ones or the ones that have no clue what they are
doing.

I would never install open source from binaries on a machine I did not
want someone to break into.

-----Original Message-----
From: users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(protected)
[mailto:users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(protected)
rg] On Behalf Of ben short
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:44 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Installing Tomcat on Linux

I would question his reason for this statement....

A coworker claims that all unix admins should never install open source
binaries. They should build using the source.

On 8/2/07, Vigorito, Nicholas E. <NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO@(protected):
> I am going to install Tomcat standalone (not fronted by Apache) on a
> Linux box that will eventually be opened up to small portion of the
> outside world.
>
> I am a developer and as such haven't ever done anything with Tomcat
> except install the binaries on my Windows machine and run it locally
> for development purposes.
>
> A coworker claims that all unix admins should never install open
> source binaries. They should build using the source.
>
> Looking for a concensus. Is it ok to install the Tomcat binaries or
> should I build using the Tomcat source then install? Reasons why?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nick
>

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