[BlueOnyx:03523] Re: Php 5.2 ?

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Paul wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Just wondered if Php 5.2.0+ was likely to be integrated into the core 
> Repository anytime soon, since more and more software requires 5.2+ as 
> standard nowadays.
> 
> Yes, i could always go grab a .pkg from Solarspeed/Compass/Raqware, 
> however would have thought it would have been updated as part of the 
> core software now, rather than a bolt on.

We should make this an FAQ someplace... Hmmmm, perhaps when I find all 
that free time I've been looking for!

To answer this question (again), however:  The BlueOnyx distribution 
uses CentOS 5 packages.  If/when CentOS updates PHP (or any other 
package), that will be included with BlueOnyx.   CentOS will move to PHP 
5.2 as soon as Red Hat moves RHEL5, since CentOS is designed to be 100% 
compatible with RHEL.

Now, it may be possible to install php 5.2 using YUM by adding the 
testing repo to your YUM config, but I have not tried this and would not 
recommend trying this on a production system before you give it a good 
test on a dev box.

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