[ciapug] PHP 5.2 RPMs for RHEL5

[Tony Bibbs]

I hear you.  But have you seen how long after a release at php.net before it shows up in your update repository?  Not to mention we compile all sorts of crazy options into the build.  I suppose you could get away with a vendor supplied source RPM.  Do they release those any faster than the actual builds?

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
To: Central Iowa PHP Users Group <ciapug at cialug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 1:44:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ciapug] PHP 5.2 RPMs for RHEL5


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
newz2000 on freenode



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