On 08/15/2022 08:29 PM, H wrote:> On August 15, 2022 3:30:00 PM EDT, Kenneth Porter <shiva at
sewingwitch.com> wrote:
>> --On Monday, August 15, 2022 1:03 PM -0400 H <agents at
meddatainc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> While I would prefer to install php 7.4 from SCL, both IUS and
Remi's
>>> repositories do carry it. Do you see a reason to choose one over
the
>>> other bearing in mind I need to have multiple versions installed
used
>> by
>>> different web apps?
>> I'm a minor PHP user and 7.3 has been adequate for running
WordPress.
>> So I
>> haven't felt pressured to investigate the IUS and Remi offerings.
>>
>> I'd suggest downloading both and querying the packages to compare.
Use
>> "rpm
>> -qplv" to list the files included, and "rpm -qp
--scripts" to see what
>> other modifications they'll make to your system. I always do that
on
>> "alien" packages to make sure they won't do anything
unexpected to my
>> system. (I so wish Windows packaging was this simple!)
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> Good suggestions, thank you.
If any C7 user has an opinion on whether to use IUS or Remi's repository for
php 7.4, I would love to hear it. As discussed earlier, I am used to SCL but it
is not available there.