[BlueOnyx:12799] Re: mcrypt

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Dave,

> I see mcrypt isn't included with php on SL6.4, nor in most of the
> RHEL6 family tree.
> 
> Not looking forward to compiling php against it, I went in search of a
> solution. I think I have one, EPEL to the rescue :) but would like a
> verdict on if it is safe for production use:
> 
> rpm -ivh
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
> yum update
> yum install php-mcrypt
> 
> then restart apache and disable the epel repo so it doesn't mess with
> daily yum updates of other packages?

Yes, that will work. Or you could help us to help you and get a PHP
package from the BlueOnyx shop (http://shop.blueonyx.it), which will
come with mcrypt support. :-)

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber