Hmm didn't know that. I stand corrected! That being said, unless we're talking about dropping the configure script altogether in favor of reliance on RPM's and repos, this RFC is still a no-brainer. =)
--Kris On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Gergo Erdosi <ge...@gergoerdosi.com> wrote: > No, you don't. Since CentOS 5.6, PHP 5.3 is part of the base > repository. You are right, "yum install php" installs 5.1, but you > don't have to download anything to install 5.3, just type "yum install > php53". > > Gergo Erdosi > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes but you have to download those RPM's manually. If you just use the > > default repo (i.e. "yum install php") as most sysadmins do, you're gonna > > get something MUCH older than that. Plus there are still occasions > where a > > manual build is preferable to using an RPM. > > > > --Kris >
