> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:37 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: PHP issue; > > > SuSE's response was to wait for the developer in-charge of PHP to > incorporate a release of PHP that supports 64bit systems. Meanwhile I > continue to sit idle. Would it be a bad thing to download > and install the > PHP source myself? I don't feel very comfortable with this > but right now I > don't see any other choice. Does anyone else have a suggestion? > > Thanks, > > Doug
Personal opinion time. If it were me, I'd have done exactly the same thing. It is not as if you are really "unsupported". PHP does not affect the kernel or modules or ... It only affects PHP and Apache. If you have a problem that is not PHP, still report it back to SuSE. If SuSE (or anybody else's) attitude is "you made a change, so go roll a hoop!" (hopefully not likely), then I'd basically tell them "no fix, no money!" Again, I really don't see SuSE doing this. It would be like IBM saying "You run CA-1 on z/OS and are having a problem with ISPF? Well, we cannot help you because you have non IBM software installed!" If you have a problem with PHP, you can still report it directly back to the maintainer. They may well say "we don't have a zSeries for testing", but if you have given them really good debugging information, I'll bet they would a least give a look. It may have an effect on other 64-bit systems, such as the EM64T from Intel or the AMD Athlon64 or Opteron. Again, personal opinion. But then, I maintain what __used to be__ a RH 9.0 Linux/Intel system at home from source since RH stopped maintaining or updating anything other than RHEL. I don't use Fedora, but I guess that I could. Actually, I have SuSE 9.0 Professional on my laptop, so if I "upgrade" the other Linux, it will be to SuSE. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
