On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 07:06:14PM +0200, Leon Fauster wrote:
@Todd: Just to clarify - the functionality and reliability of php53 is not restricted/"faulty" or what ever ...
Actually, it is. The EL php53 package does not "Provide: php" so any other package depending on that being present will fail to install without force. This may or may not be a show-stopper in any particular environment. There is also no php-mcrypt available in the base CentOS updates and this is a matter that upstream will not fix; it is, however, available from EPEL for those that need it. There used to be a number of other issues with the base php53 packages as supplied by TUV but many, if not most, of these have been since resolved. I no longer track the issues as I've long since moved to IUS for php requirements.
As Brian pointed out earlier IUS is the go-to source for php53 / php54 packages that work. Please see:
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
for more information. There is also a yum-plugin-replace add-on from IUS that will permit single transaction migration from stock php packages to the IUS provided php53u packages. Information is available at the IUS website.
John