Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:38 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: r-militante@northwestern.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why is php4.3.3rc2 the latest version in ports? Message-ID: <20030809035738.GA3313@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200308090319.h793JFwe013131@merle.it.northwestern.edu> References: <200308090319.h793JFwe013131@merle.it.northwestern.edu>
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--UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:19:12PM -0500, r-militante@northwestern.edu wrot= e: > pdflib version 4.0.1 is also broken in the latest ports tree. pdflib version 4.x has been withdrawn for download by the authors. There's nothing we can do about that. > many pages on our site were rendered useless, generated error messages, > etc. because of the broken pdflib support in php4.3.3rc2. i had to find > a way to downgrade my version of php back to 4.3.1 from 4.3.3rc2 in order= =20 > to fix it, which resulted in unhappy users for a couple of hours while i > figured out how to downgrade... >=20 > i should have done my research, i admit, before trying to upgrade. but -= =20 > why is 4.3.3rc2 - a *release candidate* the latest version of php in the > ports tree? You'd have to ask the maintainer, but at a guess the answer might be "Because the maintainer decided it was worthwhile, on balance, to update it" (perhaps the upgrade fixed a lot of other bugs that you have been lucky enough to avoid). I understand that this experience caused you a lot of difficulty, but the lesson you should probably take away from it is: * Don't perform blind upgrades on live systems without adequate testing and a fall-back plan. Kris --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/NHEyWry0BWjoQKURAhsCAJ9s8TOpcUSNbkwskVTsk/42de21bACg+fmo BnMd2EzleX0BXZc+x0hG7ZI= =3aUn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--
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