Mixing different versions of PHP extensions

[Toomas Aas]

Hello!

I find that due to recent bumps in jpeg and png library versions I  
need to rebuild the gd extension of PHP 5.2 on a server which  
currently has php5-5.2.9 port and a lot of php5-<extension>-5.2.9  
extension ports installed. In the past, when I've been in a situation  
like this, I have always rebuilt php itself and all the extensions,  
but frankly, it's quite a lot of work because of all the dependencies  
and so on.

Is it possible to rebuild just the php52-gd extension to a newer  
version of php52-gd-5.2.13 and have it working with existing  
php5-5.2.9 and all the existing extensions, or would it be asking for  
trouble?

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Toomas Aas