Rackspace will only support 7.1 up to the point where RPMs hit eol. Translation: They stopped supporting 7.1. Because Rackspace donates the server for SurfSafely.com, "telling" my support team would be a bit harsh. Asking is what I do and they're still deliberating. While they deliberate, here is what I discovered. Running ./configure with the original options from phpinfo, I ran into three dependencies, ONE AT A TIME. 1) For some reason it couldn't find BZip2 even though support for it is enabled. Upgraded to 1.0.2. 2) ./configure again and it reported it needs cURL 7.9.8 or higher. Mine was 7.8.0 so I upgraded to 7.13.0. 3) Lastly it wanted to see pspell. Again, .11.1 was already installed and enabled but configure couldn't see it at all. I upgraded to .12.2. This time success upgrading to PHP 4.3.10! Full stop then start to Apache, eh voi la! Now I can finally move on to *WHY* I needed the PHP upgrade in the first place, to upgrade other software packages that wouldn't budge without it. Aren't dependencies fun? Thanks to all who responded. "Vidyut Luther" wrote in message news:42223962.3060607@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > If you installed PHP from the Redhat RPMs, you may want to see if the > fedoralegacy project has a newer RPM for your distribution. > Otherwise, you're somewhat on your own. What I would do is, run phpinfo, > it will output the configure options used to build PHP, copy those and then > run them on your 4.3.10 directory, you'll know if something breaks, if > it doesn't you'll install like you wanted to. > > Technically, since you are at Rackspace, you should be able to tell your > support team to upgrade it for you. I think thats what the "managed" > part is for. > > > > SurfSafely wrote: > > >"Mikey" wrote in message > >news:E1D5SCN-0001Fv-Rn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >>>Does PHP 4.3.10 have any specific dependencies that might not > >>>be found on a RH Linux 7.1 server currently running PHP 4.0.6? > >>> > >>> > >>Do you think you could be more descriptive with your problem? What is > >>currently failing when you try to build PHP? Have you looked at the > >>configure command as shown by phpinfo from your current build to find any > >>libraries in non-standard places? Do you have dev versions of the > >> > >> > >libraries > > > > > >>installed? > >> > >> > > > >Not having any problem per se. I know that I definitely need to upgrade from > >4.0.6. Aps I'm trying to install call for at least 4.2.1. I figure that it's > >best to upgrade to the latest of the 4.x series to avoid future hassles. I'm > >just always a little concerned about making any upgrades to a mission > >critical server and was wondering if anyone has had experience with > >upgrading using my specific versions. Server is Rackspace dedicated, Apache > >1.3.22. Not sure how you define "non-standard" for lib locations. They are > >clearly shown by phpinfo though. '--libdir=/usr/lib' > >'--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' To migrate I would build using all the exact > >same settings. > > > >If it fails to install correctly, does it leave the previous version > >unaltered? > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
