[CentOS] Re: Updating PHP

Mon Jan 8 17:13:51 UTC 2007
Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>

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

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