[BlueOnyx:11724] Re: ImageMagick

[Roy Urick]

Ill second that. Michael's packages are all EXCELLENT and VERY reasonably priced. I won't cobble together anything that doesn't have a pkg for BO. It's too finicky with all the behind the scenes automation to worry about if it will work, what will get written over by the BO backend, etc 



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On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet <cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com> wrote:

> 
> On 11/28/2012 4:21 AM, Steffan wrote:
>> Hello List,
>> 
>> ImageMagick is very old on BO
>> Is it save to upgrade it outside yum ?
> 
> This is not recommended.  The preferred route would be to select a PHP 
> package from Solarspeed or Compass that also includes the appropriate 
> ImageMagick.   This will help to ensure there are not compatibility 
> problems down the road for you.
> 
> You didn't mention what version of BlueOnyx you are on.  5106R would, of 
> course, be the oldest and therefore have a pretty creaky old version of 
> PHP.  A commercial upgrade would be a quick and easy way to bring it up 
> to date.  5107R/5108R are certainly more modern, but as with any 
> Enterprise Linux based system, stability is chosen over latest release...
> 
> I suppose it would be possible to update ImageMagick just by itself, but 
> make certain that you're not using any 3rd party YUM repos, and of 
> course don't get your dependencies all screwed up.  I would certainly 
> document each step you use so that when something breaks in the future 
> you'll be able to go back and take appropriate action without 
> reinventing the wheel, so to speak.
> 
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