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 "test" link), so the centos wiki page is a bit out of date.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/