[gentoo-user] Re: php4 vs php5

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:


> > > dev-php is on it's way out and has not been updated in some time.
> > > You're likely vulnerable at this moment.

> > Um, I must not have been clear. JFFNMS is critical. It requires php4.
> > so upgrading to php5 is NOT an option, until the JFFNMS devs move
> > to php5.

> Yes, but you need dev-lang/php-4*, not dev-php/php-4*. Unmerge the
> blockers and dev-lang/php-4* will emerge. You don't need mod_php anymore,
> it is provided by the apache(2) USE flags of dev-lang/php.

> If the JFFNMS ebuild explicitly depends on dev-php/php, it is broken.
> file a bug and add it to /etc/portage/profile/package.provided to work
> around it until it is fixed (or fix the ebuild yourself).


OK, thanks for all the input. I'll let you guys  know what I figure out, and 
post if any questions that arise.

Thanks guys,

James





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