[ciapug] PHP 5.2 RPMs for RHEL5

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I also do the same and use only redhat supplied rpm's.  It saves a lot
of misery in the long run.


On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:44 -0600, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> 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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