This does not work, as the "latest" version may be upgraded to a new incompatible version of iRODS which will break things from the previous version. Case in point, this is the case currently when upgrading from iRODS 4.2 to 4.3.
Not to mention I'm generally not a fan of the "install the possibly-modified-latest-version, what could go wrong" anti-pattern. It's never given us anything but problems.
Installs of this package should always be for a specific build for a specific iRODS version.
mikkonie
commented
9 months ago
This does not work, as the "latest" version may be upgraded to a new incompatible version of iRODS which will break things from the previous version. Case in point, this is the case currently when upgrading from iRODS 4.2 to 4.3.
Not to mention I'm generally not a fan of the "install the possibly-modified-latest-version, what could go wrong" anti-pattern. It's never given us anything but problems.
Installs of this package should always be for a specific build for a specific iRODS version.