On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 01:09:36PM -0400, Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: On Behalf Of Pasi Kärkkäinen > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:13 > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 04:34:53PM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > > Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Does someone know if there's a cacti rpm available > > > > that works (=installs and doesn't conflict) when "php53" rpm > > > > is installed, instead of the older "php" rpm ? > > > > > > > > cacti rpms from rpmforge/dag have these requirements: > > > > php > > > > php-mysql > > > > php-snmp > > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > Yep, I know I can create my own version of cacti, > > but I was trying to avoid exactly that :) > > > > Thanks for the heads up about rpmforge mailing list, > > I wasn't aware of it. > > > > -- Pasi > > > > Not being a PHP developer, I was under the impression that many/most of these packages were interpreted scripts which probably would work fine under php53 vs. the php installed by default. > I have been wondering from afar about this thread and the discussions over in the EPEL list, if someone could create a meta rpm that required php53 and provided php (and similar for php-mysql & php-snmp) and have the system continue to work. This is of course under the assumptions of: > a. the packages are interpreted scripts > b. the syntax has only added, and not changed or removed functionality since the stock php. > > Is this a not_bright idea in the php package world? > That should work, yes. "php53-php" perhaps.. -- Pasi