[CentOS] Re: Updating PHP

[Todd Cary]

Matt Hyclak wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 04:39:00PM -0000, Nigel Kendrick enlightened us:
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Tom Diehl wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Todd Cary wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> My version of Centos (4.4) comes with php 4.3.9.  Since I run 
>>>> Interbase on the server, I need to recompile the php with Interbase.  
>>>> The only php I have found is 4.4 which I have downloaded and untarred 
>>>> as well as configuring it with Interbase, doing the make and make 
>>>> install.
>>>>
>>>> Where I am lost is on having Apache (httpd) use it rather than the 
>>>> 4.3.9 ( http://209.204.172.137:82/testphp.php ).
>>>>
>>>> When I do the make install, where does it go?
>>>>         
>>> Why not save yourself a ton of grief and rebuild the .srpm that came with
>>> your version of CentOS?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>       
>> This is strange as I have downloaded PHP 4.4.x from PHP.net and recompiled
>> it on about 5 CentOS 4.4. boxes without problems - once I had all the
>> dependencies sorted :-) - I've got it down to about a 10 minute job now.
>>
>>     
>
> Assuming by "downloaded from PHP.net" you mean you got the tarball and did
> it, congratulations, you just ruined the entire point of a Package-Managed
> system.
>
> See http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls for why you
> shouldn't do that.
>
> Matt
>
>   
Matt -

Though my skills as a System Administrator are very limited, I do want, 
if possible, keep a Package-Managed system.  I do have the .src.rpm file 
for the PHP.  What I need help with is how to recompile it (I assume 
that I would use rpmbuild) and REPLACE the currently installed version 
with the new version.

Todd

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