RE: [cobalt-users] PHP on RaQ4/RaQ550

["Erica Douglass" <erica@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <erica@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 12:59 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] PHP on RaQ4/RaQ550
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the PHP package from pkgmaster.com. However, this package
does
> > not come with --enable-trans-sid, which automatically places a PHP
> > session ID at the end of links and in a form field if the browser
does
> > not accept cookies. I have a client's e-commerce site on this server
> > which now has to force customers to accept cookies in order to place
an
> > order, since the site uses PHP sessions. Not good. (By the way, the
Red
> > Hat 7.3 package for 4.1.2 comes with --enable-trans-sid out of the
box.)
> >
> > I have a two-part question:
> > -- Is there some way to request a .pkg with this enabled or to get
it
> > enabled on pkgmaster.com?
> > -- What does the phpinfo() for the RaQ550 look like? I just ordered
some
> > 550's (due to Cobalt being slow getting them out the door, they
aren't
> > here yet... *sigh*) and I'd like to know if putting his site on a
550
> > would solve the problem.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Erica
> 
> Erica,
> 
> I believe you'd have to compile it yourself.
> 
> RD

The last time I tried to compile PHP from source on the RaQ was an
absolute disaster. GD broke; several other extensions broke.  I would
rather get the attention of the pkgmaster.com people and ask them to add
this to their config. I'm guessing that it's not in there simply because
they didn't know what that option was. I'd like them to add it and
rebuild the RPM, or let me know how to do the same.

So does anyone even have a RaQ550? I ordered 8 of them -- I'm a bit
annoyed at the 4-week gap between ordering and the estimated ship date,
but as a former Cobalt employee, I know I can thank Sun and not Cobalt
for that. (/me glares in the general direction of Sun manufacturing...)
What are your experiences so far with the 550? I may be switching to
other pieces of software since I can actually have a reasonable delivery
date (~1 week) on a generic Linux server. I am disappointed so far, but
I hope my mind will change once I actually receive the servers.

Erica