Stargazer wrote:
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 05:12:15PM +0100, Stargazer wrote:
I'm on a dedicated server and want to update httpd.
When I try it says there are no updates available, but I know its
quite old now.
Where is the best repos to use please?
Questions about repositories really aren't questions about the yum
utility,
and aren't really suited for this list.
That said, the answer to your question is: the only reasonable option
is to
upgrade your server to a supported distribution. Fedora is a great
distribution, but *must* be upgraded when a new release comes out. If
you'd
prefer not to do that, take a look at CentOS instead. It's very
similar to
Fedora since it comes from the exact same code base (CentOS 5 is roughly
based on Fedora Core 6), and has a much, much longer lifespan.
Thanks for replying.
I've been through this with the dedicated hosters, they say if I do
we're on our own for support which is a no-no from "those upstairs".
I know this isn't an ideal situation but just finding a way to update
apache would fix things until we can, as you say, move to a current
distribution.
It might be possible to install the other apache into /usr/local. I had
such a setup on FC3 when a package needed older apache for proper
operation. You could download the release you are after, and manually
compile/install.
Another possibility is to get the .src.rpm of the one you want, and
recompile on the older distro. Then do an install with modified install
root. That would need a fair bit of customization since all the config
files etc would end up in the wrong place. Also, the alternate web
server would need to listen on a different port than the normal one.
DaveT.
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