[ciapug] PHP 5.2 RPMs for RHEL5

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Feb 5, 2008 12:54 PM, Eric Junker <eric at eric.nu> wrote:

> I wouldn't mind compiling it but my system administrator only wants to
> use RedHat supplied RPMs. Maybe I need to start bribing him :)
>
>
FTR, that is a good policy and one that I adhere to after learning too many
lessons the hard way. Once you get away from using the RPMs for your
particular version of RHEL you separate yourself from vendor provided
security patches and updates.

In my experience, going to a new version of PHP on a RH based system usually
means updating a ton of the other RPMs (db4, database, xml, etc) so you end
up with a system that has diverged greatly from the one supported by the
vendor. And if you're not going to get support from the vendor, then why pay
the $$ for RHEL?
-- 
Matthew Nuzum
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