On 09/22/2014 03:38 PM, Bruce W. Martin 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?
I recommend upgrading to CentOS 6.5 (it's not a big jump from 5, unlike
7) so that you can use software collections (aka SCL). These are Red
Hat's answer to the problem you're facing. From the project description:
"Delivered on a separate life cycle from Red Hat Enterprise Linux with a
more frequent release cadence, Red Hat Software Collections puts the
latest stable open source runtime components, as tested and verified by
Red Hat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in the hands of developers faster,
accelerating the creation and deployment of modern web applications"
Red Hat's SCL 1.2 release includes PHP 5.5. It looks like SCL is rebuilt
for CentOS, although I'm not sure if CentOS has built 1.2 yet.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/1/html/1.1_Release_Notes/chap-RHSCL.html#sect-RHSCL-Features
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL
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All the best,
Brian Pitts
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