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@mk @mmn If you're using distro-supported versions, security fixes are backported.
@lnxw48 PHP5.3 is still only usable for FLOSS abandonware :D :D
@lnxw48 that's a minority - most people use PHP supplied by a web host. Or - in my case - supplied by their NAS manufacturer (who nicely provides PHP 5.5!) Anyway, I actually doubt security fixes ar backported for aversion that's been EOL for a few years now.
@mmn yeah - tried it now on a another server I've got. The dist upgrade went smooth. But I plan to switch to ngnix and mariadb when first doing the upgrade. And yes - I was aware of the #Apache changes in syntax for access lists. Tx for the heads up!
@mikael nice - tx. /cc @mmn
@mikael @knuthollund aye, the machine that has #quitter.is was upgraded wheezy -> jessie. Only thing I had to do apart from dist-upgrade was to install the virtual kernel image/header packages, as it otherwise was stuck on linux-image-3.2 :D
@mk My host supplies CentOS 6.6 (equiv to RHEL 6.6). PHP version is whatever is supported by Red Hat's equivalent OS, including security backports.
@mmn How did you do that? (the virtual kernel image/header packages) - and do I need it? (Only for compilation?) @mikael
@lnxw48 but do those 'security backports' actually *exist* for PHP 5.3??? A good host will have long upgraded to a more sane version, and providing PHP 5.3 only as fallback for absolutely nnecessary applications that absolutely need PHP 5.3. And the reason why most decent hosts do this ... those very security problems. Fewer headaches for a host, too.
@knuthollund Oh, it's just that the apt package for the kernel that was installed was "linux-image-3.2...." Instead, I wanted the "always latest kernel available", which (for 64bit machines) is provided by the virtual package "linux-image-amd64". So just: apt-get install linux-image-amd64
You probably don't need linux-headers-amd64 unless you're compiling stuff. But you _do_ want the 3.16 kernel as instructed above ;)
@mmn tx!
@mk Yes! Red Hat has paid customers all over the world using its supported software versions. RH (and Debian!) backport security fixes for their supported versions.
@lnxw48 incredible. Even if there are (all possible) security fixes, I still think you should upgrade. There are reasons why it's EOL!
@mk Actually, the #fambiz recently abandoned a long-term shared hosting account where PHP 5.2 was still available (5.3 became their preferred version about a year ago; 5.4 was available but marked "experimental"). They were running Debian Squeeze as of three months ago.
@mk I'd like to upgrade. #CentOS 7 is out. :-)
@lnxw48 Shared hosting support is always pretty awful; I had PHP4 support with GoDaddy before I got my VPS. Terrible! >_<
@mikael and it worked... tx - now on jessie. /cc @mmn
@mikael@social.umeahackerspace.se skål ! #cofee https://quitter.no/attachment/20350