Re: [cobalt-users] mySQL and PHP

[Paul Schreiber <cheesefactory@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Coupla issues for you: the version that is really easy to get working (the
>experimental RPMs on the cobalt site) was a really old version last time I
>checked.  There is a known security issue with all but the latest versions
>of MySQL that is pretty serious.

I did see a 3.22.30 there the other day ... but it's hidden under
/security/mysql or something weird. The version most people see is some
decript one.

Anyway, I recommended getting the latest release :-) bug fixes are good.

> So you may want to compile yourself the lastest version of MySQL, Apache
> and
> PHP from sources.  That gets you in a little deeper water, but shouldn't
> cause any major problems.  Getting those three working together from source
> is about a 5 on a 1-10 difficulty scale.

Hmmm. I'd say it's a lot harder than that. Unless you already know about
updating compiler libraries, configuring third-party apache modules, editing
mod_auth_pam.c and all sorts of nonsense.

Step-by-step:
  http://www.paulschreiber.com/download/mysql-php-apache-raq.txt

Paul

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