[Phpwm] installing ZIP functions

[David Goodwin]

> you  can stick them up your ******* **** you patronising **** I am sure

<see Kat's post>

> starts to tell people they should learn to compile the whole world despite
> the fact there are hundreds of people working for and with SuSe getting paid
> to do that kind of shit for you.  What is the fucking point of using a
> distribution only to undo all the good work?

Many people do find the need to use a php.net hand compiled version of PHP. 
I admit it's not ideal, but then nor (sometimes) is having to run e.g. 
PHP v4.1 on Debian Sarge - especially if you wish to try out e.g. PDO (PHP5),
or you may find you need to use MySQL 5 on a Debian Sarge
installation....

>From a security perspective, I think I could argue that having multiple
different compiled versions of PHP makes it harder for a security
vulnerability to spread - as there is less uniformity. After all, if 9X%
of the world used Linux, we'd find more viruses/attacks etc on Linux.

In general, I agree - try and keep to using a packaged version of PHP;
if you don't you'll need to pay attention to a security mailing list (or
php.net). If you're a sysadmin and know what you're doing, then feel
free to do as you wish..... 


David.

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