RHEL and Openoffice

LinuxUser101 · 03-04-2008, 10:09 AM

I upgraded to the latest version of Openoffice manually. When running updates RH stated it had a version with security fixes I required. I clicked ok to install and the older stock version was installed and my newer version removed. Is Redhat's OpenOffice version (2.0?)more secure or patched then OpenOffice's current version (2.2?)?

Lenard · 03-04-2008, 10:24 AM

Going by version numbers only can be misleading (read very misleading when dealing with Red Hat). Please see;

http://www.redhat.com/security/updat...g/?sc_cid=3093

So to answer your question, yes Red Hat's OpenOffice can be as secure or more secure then the OpenOffice.org's version regardless of version numbers referenced.

Anyway I thought the OOo had relesed version 2.3.1 anyhow;

http://www.openoffice.org/

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LinuxUser101 · 03-04-2008, 10:34 AM

That clears things up. Thanks!

Lenard · 03-04-2008, 11:07 AM

Your welcome, glad to help.