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Re: [cobalt-security] Heads up: New Sun Cobalt Patch which you might want to skip
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Heads up: New Sun Cobalt Patch which you might want to skip
- From: "Jalon Q. Zimmerman" <jalonz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:59:11 -0500
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:47:20 -0800, Bruce Timberlake wrote
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> > >Anyone who has a modified or more modern PHP installed will have a
> > >dead Apache after installing this patch.
> >
> > Why would Sun put out a patch that kills apache... do they need the
> > support money that bad ?
>
> It will only break Apache if you've deviated from the default
> install Sun provides. They cannot take all possible end user
> customizations into account when designing their patches. If you
> know enough to mess with your PHP install, you either don't need the
> patch, or you can figure out how to incorporate the changes into
> your non-standard system.
I have had good success with removing the edison.ca php 4.2.3 patch,
installing the Sun patch, then re-installing the edison.ca update.
:)
jalon