Thank you, James and James. Alan On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:57 PM, James Dugger wrote: > Alan, > > Try here. > > https://webtatic.com/packages/php53/ > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:17 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > >> There are compatibility problems between PHP 5.2 and 5.3. Some of your >> code may require updating. Generally for that sort of thing I'd take an >> image of the server in question and do the update on the image, qa the heck >> out of it, have the fixes done as needed, and when I was confident, go >> forward. Or, I would build a new system with the desired versions, and do >> the same with the code. >> >> This kind of legacy maintenance is the nightmare that sysadmins have to >> deal with regularly. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: >> >>> I have inherited administration of a dedicated server running CentOS >>> 5.2. It is serving three live websites, among other services. I need to >>> update PHP from 5.2.x to 5.3 on this server. >>> >>> "No problem!" I thought, "I'll just fire up yum and see what is what." >>> >>> PHP is not in the package management system. It is in the yum exclusion >>> list, which I overrode but still have no reference to PHP at all in any >>> operation coming back from yum. Yet PHP is working on the system. Installed >>> in some manual process, I assume. >>> >>> Now I am in fear of breaking things since wandering in the filesystem >>> without package management to guide me is outside of my comfort zone. >>> >>> Am I right to be in fear? Do you have a good reference on how I could >>> proceed? How would you proceed? >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James > > *Linkedin * > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >