On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Sabuj Pattanayek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use remi's repo : > > http://rpms.famillecollet.com/ > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Bruce W. Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have a server running CentOS 5.10 that we use as a test server for our >> web site. >> The web development team have asked for PHP to be upgraded to version >> 5.3. Since it was available in the CentOS 5.10 repository I was able to >> oblige. Later they are asking that PHP to be updated to 5.5. This is not >> available in the CentOS 5.10 repository or in the CentoOS 6.5 repository. >> The changes in CentOS 7.0 are so fundamentally different that I am just now >> looking and trying to figure out what I have to learn and unlearn to start >> moving in that direction so I have not even looked at what is available >> there. Looking at the php.net site it looks like they have stable >> versions of PHP 5.3.29, 5.4.33, 5.5.17 and 5.6.0. They state that 5.3.29 is >> the last release in the 5.3 series yet even CentOS 6.5 shows php.x86_64 >> 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 as the latest version. Is it reasonable for me to step >> outside of what is available I the repository and install a newer version. >> Is it likely to play well with apache 2.2.3-87 and mysql 5.5.37-1? I have 3 >> dozen servers and about 300 desktops to deal with so it is not like I am >> overloaded by what appear to be the World Class Standards of IT today but >> it just seems like asking for trouble to try accommodate this when Red >> Hat/CentOS have not yet down so. >> >> What do you think? >> Or should I get a block of cheese to go with this email? >> >> Bruce >> >> -- >> Bruce W. Martin, KQ4TV >> Mt. Juliet, TN >> EM66sf >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > I'd have to second this one. I've run into dependency hell in the past just dropping an oddball rpm in the mix. Adding the remi repo has saved me a few headaches. I would suggest that if you do add the repo, leave it disabled by default and selectively enable it via --enablerepo so that you don't inadvertently kill half your standard packages during a future upgrade. -- Allen Minix / KM4DCZ Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
