Bug 22906 – php split to php and mod_php; problems when upgrading

Bugzilla will be upgraded to version 5.0 on a still to be determined date in the near future. The original upgrade date has been delayed.

Bug 22906 - php split to php and mod_php; problems when upgrading

Summary:	php split to php and mod_php; problems when upgrading

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	php (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact:	Need Real Name
Docs Contact:

URL:
Whiteboard:	Florence Beta-3
Keywords:

Depends On:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2000-12-27 17:23 EST by Pekka Savola
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2001-01-11 16:16:15 EST
Type:	---
Regression:	---
Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---
CRM:
Verified Versions:
Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---
RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---

Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Groups: None (edit)

Description Pekka Savola 2000-12-27 17:23:20 EST

php has been split to mod_php and php.  This causes huge problems as it is,
mainly because the only real use for php previously was www scripting (ie: mod_php
functionality).

If you upgrade php, mod_php is not required and suddenly all your .php scripts
stop to work in apache... until you figure out you must install mod_php too.  
Highly undesirable.


This could be fixed as follows in RPM (triggers?):

1) if upgrading from earlier than php-4.0.1pl2-9, Require mod_php.
[I wonder how this could really be done??]
  
or

2) Require: mod_php in apache.. Well, not a real solution as not everybody
wants to install it.

or ???

Installer magic is _not_ an option as very many people upgrade without it.

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-12-29 14:17:14 EST

The rename was made when both the distribution and the package itself were
seeing major version changes.  All the same, it should have been in the release
notes.

Comment 2 Glen Foster 2001-01-11 16:16:10 EST

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release

Comment 3 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-01-18 12:24:27 EST

The mod_php package is being re-merged into php-4.0.4pl1-1.

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.