Re: [PHP] Upgrading PHP 4.2.2 on Red Hat 9
James Butler wrote: My main issue is that libdb-4.0.so is needed by existing installations of curl, python, pam, cyrus, webalizer, db4, perl, postfix, sendmail, perl-DB_File and on and on. And that's not even close to the end of the old program dependencies list. Upgrading via rpm is going to be a humongous pain if I have to upgrade every program listed in the dependencies (rpm -Uvh --test), even if I can figure out which order they need to be done in. One of the things I liked about RH9 was they FINALLY got up2date to actually work. Or, at least, that was the first time *I* was able to just use it and it worked. RH8 was only so-so, for awhile, before up2date got too confused to be any use. I dunno if that will get you the versions you want, or if it's any more or less secure than what you've got, but at least it makes the nightmare of RPM dependencies go away. My RH9 box is behind a firewall, locked in a cabinet, and has no untrusted users, so is less at-risk than most... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Upgrading PHP 4.2.2 on Red Hat 9
Richard Lynch wrote: James Butler wrote: My main issue is that libdb-4.0.so is needed by existing installations of curl, python, pam, cyrus, webalizer, db4, perl, postfix, sendmail, perl-DB_File and on and on. And that's not even close to the end of the old program dependencies list. Upgrading via rpm is going to be a humongous pain if I have to upgrade every program listed in the dependencies (rpm -Uvh --test), even if I can figure out which order they need to be done in. One of the things I liked about RH9 was they FINALLY got up2date to actually work. Or, at least, that was the first time *I* was able to just use it and it worked. RH8 was only so-so, for awhile, before up2date got too confused to be any use. I dunno if that will get you the versions you want, or if it's any more or less secure than what you've got, but at least it makes the nightmare of RPM dependencies go away. My RH9 box is behind a firewall, locked in a cabinet, and has no untrusted users, so is less at-risk than most... I have one word to say in regard to redhat: DEBIAN. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Upgrading PHP 4.2.2 on Red Hat 9
Greetings, Has anyone successfully upgraded a PHP 4.2.2 installation on a Red Hat 9 machine to a more secure version? I just want any more-secure version of PHP than 4.2.2, but it's looking like I'll have to use Fedora or Gentoo or Mandrake or something in order to be successful. Of course, this means arranging for a different host/dedicated server ... My main issue is that libdb-4.0.so is needed by existing installations of curl, python, pam, cyrus, webalizer, db4, perl, postfix, sendmail, perl-DB_File and on and on. And that's not even close to the end of the old program dependencies list. Upgrading via rpm is going to be a humongous pain if I have to upgrade every program listed in the dependencies (rpm -Uvh --test), even if I can figure out which order they need to be done in. Building from source kills my httpd process so that it cannot be restarted. Last two times I tried that I had to restore from my Apache backup files, clean out the more recent PHP install and reinstall v.4.2.2 in order to get everything up and running again. And that was an attempt to get up to 4.3.10! Forget about v.5.0.3! PHP.net says to be sure to upgrade ... but there's no indication of what that means, or how to do it, or in what order all of the dependent programs should be upgraded (if neccessary). I can find no step-by-step upgrading instructions in any PHP or Linux newsgroup, forum, or doc. There's no 4.2.2 to 4.3.x patch. I understand that there are manymany upgrade details that are machine-and-OS-dependent, but I could use ANY kind of help with this at all besides be sure to upgrade. So I come here. (php.install hasn't had an entry for a long time, and php.migration ended in 2001) I'll post data, config settings, whatever you think might be helpful. I'm hoping for someone to say First, do this ...; then, do this ..., if at all possible. I'll even take Here's how I did it ... Thanks in advance for ANY help at all. James -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Upgrading PHP 4.2.2 on Red Hat 9
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 18:12, James Butler wrote: Greetings, Has anyone successfully upgraded a PHP 4.2.2 installation on a Red Hat 9 machine to a more secure version? I just want any more-secure version of PHP than 4.2.2, but it's looking like I'll have to use Fedora or Gentoo or Mandrake or something in order snip Thanks in advance for ANY help at all. Redhat used to do a pretty good job of backporting security issues and I am assuming that fedoralegacy.org is still doing it. There are php rpms out there dated October so I it looks like to me they are trying to keep up. http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/ you might take a look at the changelog to see if the fix you are worried about is there. Bret -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
