You can also build the packages yourself and keep abreast of the mailing list On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:11 AM, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 02:29:12PM +0200, Alain Péan wrote: > > > > > > So 5.1.6 is the current package on CentOS, at least in base repo, I > > don't know for CentOSPlus, and your question is totally valid. > > The php in base, for both C4 and C5, gets updates. I've not seen an > update for the C4 plus package since, well, 2008. This also brings up > the question what stack this package was part of upstream; I'm not able > to locate it in Redhat's mirrors. > > > I am not using PHP, so I am not aware of the last vulnerabilities, but > > you should know that RedHat backports security fixes, and features, from > > further releases, so the version number is not that informative. See for > > example this rather old thread (2010) : > > They only backport for supported packages. It appears that this package > may have been orphaned upstream. > > > http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1424743 > > Returns a 404. > > > > > John > > -- > When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are > too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, > there can be no justice. > > -- Lin Yutang (10 October 1895 - 26 March 1976), Chinese writer and > translator, > as quoted in Alexander, James (2005). The World's Funniest Laws. Cheam: > Crombie > Jardine. pp. page 6 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- http://www.theboxery.com -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110704/0ed84cba/attachment-0004.html>