i'm reading the lowdown on 3rd party repos with respect to centos
here:
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
and i have a couple questions and observations. first, the entry for
centosplus reads:
"Popular packages from this repository include: postfix with database
support, a rebuilt kernel with additional drivers & filesystem
support, php5 and mysql5."
however, i popped over to the centosplus packages site:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5.4/centosplus/
and checked under x86_64, but i don't see any php or mysql packages.
am i misreading something?
next, regarding remi collet's repo:
"Has been recommended on the mailing list and forum for mysql 5.1 and
php5.2.9."
however, if you check over there (say, under x86_64):
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/remi/x86_64/repoview/development.languages.group.html
remi appears to already be up to php 5.3.1 (and even 5.3.2 under the
"test" link), so the centos wiki page is a bit out of date.
finally, all i want is to install PHP 5.3.x (and, obviously,
dependent packages) on a stock centos 5.4 system. is remi collet's
repo a good choice for that? the centos wiki recommends "extreme
caution" for that repo, which makes me nervous.
more to the point, are there any serious issues involving bumping up
php to 5.3.1 on a stock centos 5.4 system while leaving everything
else where it is?
rday
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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:> ?http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories > > and i have a couple questions and observations. ?first, the entry for > centosplus reads: > > "Popular packages from this repository include: postfix with database > support, a rebuilt kernel with additional drivers & filesystem > support, php5 and mysql5." > > however, i popped over to the centosplus packages site: > > ?http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5.4/centosplus/ > > and checked under x86_64, but i don't see any php or mysql packages. > am i misreading something?The web page needed some update. The CentOS Web Stack has been available for CentOS-4 only. I have amended the description. Akemi
On 3/1/2010 10:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:> > next, regarding remi collet's repo: > > "Has been recommended on the mailing list and forum for mysql 5.1 and > php5.2.9." > > however, if you check over there (say, under x86_64): > > http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/remi/x86_64/repoview/development.languages.group.html > > remi appears to already be up to php 5.3.1 (and even 5.3.2 under the > "test" link), so the centos wiki page is a bit out of date. > > finally, all i want is to install PHP 5.3.x (and, obviously, > dependent packages) on a stock centos 5.4 system. is remi collet's > repo a good choice for that? the centos wiki recommends "extreme > caution" for that repo, which makes me nervous.I've run the ocsinventory-server from remi repo for a while, letting it pull in the msyql and php versions from there (and I think you also need epel enabled for additional dependencies). It hasn't broken anything obvious. I keep the repo disabled in the yum setup and explicitly enable it with enablerepo=remi on the command line when updating ocsinventory.> more to the point, are there any serious issues involving bumping up > php to 5.3.1 on a stock centos 5.4 system while leaving everything > else where it is?That probably depends on what php-based apps you need to keep running. Nothing else should care - but you do have to pay attention to what other package updates might be pulled in when you do updates. I usually do an update without remi enabled first, then with, and look over the list that it plans to install before accepting it. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Robert P. J. Day wrote on Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:54:53 -0500 (EST):> finally, all i want is to install PHP 5.3.x (and, obviously, > dependent packages) on a stock centos 5.4 system. is remi collet's > repo a good choice for that? the centos wiki recommends "extreme > caution" for that repo, which makes me nervous.I recommend the repo *if* you want to go to 5.3.x. Normal precautions (like using priorities or not having it enabled by default) apply nevertheless.> > more to the point, are there any serious issues involving bumping up > php to 5.3.1 on a stock centos 5.4 system while leaving everything > else where it is?Yes, some PHP software may not run anymore. I think this should be obvious. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
At Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:54:53 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > > i'm reading the lowdown on 3rd party repos with respect to centos > here: > > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories > > and i have a couple questions and observations. first, the entry for > centosplus reads: > > "Popular packages from this repository include: postfix with database > support, a rebuilt kernel with additional drivers & filesystem > support, php5 and mysql5." > > however, i popped over to the centosplus packages site: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5.4/centosplus/ > > and checked under x86_64, but i don't see any php or mysql packages. > am i misreading something?CentOS 4.x comes with php4 and mysql4 and CentOS 4.x/centosplus includes php5 (5.1.6) and mysql5 (5.0.82sp1). CentOS 5.x comes with php5 (5.1.6) and mysql5 (5.0.77)... CentOS 4.x is still alive and well and will be for a few more years. "http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories" is not version specific -- it covers all the currently supported versions.> > next, regarding remi collet's repo: > > "Has been recommended on the mailing list and forum for mysql 5.1 and > php5.2.9." > > however, if you check over there (say, under x86_64): > > http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/remi/x86_64/repoview/development.languages.group.html > > remi appears to already be up to php 5.3.1 (and even 5.3.2 under the > "test" link), so the centos wiki page is a bit out of date. > > finally, all i want is to install PHP 5.3.x (and, obviously, > dependent packages) on a stock centos 5.4 system. is remi collet's > repo a good choice for that? the centos wiki recommends "extreme > caution" for that repo, which makes me nervous. > > more to the point, are there any serious issues involving bumping up > php to 5.3.1 on a stock centos 5.4 system while leaving everything > else where it is? > > rday > -- > > =======================================================================> Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > =======================================================================> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/