[arch-general] php not working - Was: Web_application_package_guidelines wiki page

[Crouse]

When using Arch as a server distro, you HAVE to be prepared to revert
packages back that bork things, php/apache/mysq/ etc..... this isn't
hard at all.

I ran into the same php issues, and have yet to complete the upgrade,
I simply reverted the package back, and set it to ignore in the
upgrade list. I LOVE arch for servers, you just have to use a bit of
common sense when doing upgrades. Especially if the servers are like
mine, remote servers.

However, I have run into much tougher issues when using other versions
of Linux to do the same thing. In the end, the trade off of stability
vs. bleeding edge, I much prefer the bleeding edge stuff. The most
current patches for security are usually implemented, and while at
times it breaks a few things you have to fix, many times your going to
run into the same issue down the road with a stable system too,
patches that break things, at least with the bleeding edge stuff, I
have the newest security fixes in place..... so, I prefer to deal with
one or two issues per year myself, and have the latest releases of the
applications.

Just my opinion, ymmv.

Crouse



On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Jozsef <jozefk at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 5 Oct 2009 at 18:43, Sergej Pupykin wrote:
>
>>  >> Was thiking about PC-BSD.
>>
>>  >Thats a toy!
>>
>> Let's give him a chance to  sort out more distros and come back to arch :)
>
> :) You are right about Linux. Arch is the best for sure. And I tried
> already many linux distros. Didn't try them all of course, but many
> of them I did. Maybe Sabayon and Pardus are worth of try. Will see
> about that later.
> But what I didn't try yet is BSD. I mean for longer period of time,
> like few months or something.
>
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