Thank you all for the advice. In this case the solution was to update via
WHM (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPanel#WHM_.28Web_Host_Manager.29). I had
not ever heard of this tool before this situation. A reminder that I am not
a real system admin, I just play one.
Alan
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Alan Dayley <
adayley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, James and James.
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:57 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>>
>> Try here.
>>
>> https://webtatic.com/packages/php53/
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:17 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> 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 <adayley@gmail.com> 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
>>>>
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