Sunday's newbie questions

Bill Moran wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
Sun Oct 15 16:09:45 PDT 2006


gregb at west-third.com wrote:
> 
> Two quick questions I should know the answer to, but don't.
> 
> * When installing the PHP5 port, will it automatically disable and/or
> uninstall the PHP4 that's already installed, or should I uninstall the
> latter manually beforehand?

Manually uninstall php4 first.

> * My server runs portaudit (a helpful addition from the last guy who did
> some work on it), but a simple "make install" on the PHP5 port spits back
> a security error. What's the flag to make install around that?

setenv DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=yes
(in bourne shells)

Then be sure to select the suhosin patch from the menu, as it plugs the
current exploit.

-- 
Bill Moran

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