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As is documented in a number of places (soon to be removed though), IUS packages introduced an incompatibility with how Yum handled compare_providers. The issue is outlined in LP#453543. That said, as of upstream version 3.2.26 and RHEL 5.5/6.0 (backported: 3.2.22-23) Yum now better supports the IUS package naming convention. In short, IUS names its packages [ READ MORE ]
Per LP519547, we have just pushed php52-suhosin and php53-suhosin to our el5-stable repositories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and clones. Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent parts, that can be [ READ MORE ]
Per today’s announcement from the PHP Development Group, we have just completed building out updates for our php52 packages bringing them inline with upstream stable 5.2.12. IUS maintains php52 for Redhat / CentOS Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, and plan to do so until the 5.2 branch is EOL upstream. Along with this update we have [ READ MORE ]
We have packaged up the latest Python 3 for IUS EL5. We have added it in hopes of encouraging the Python community to start porting their applications sooner than later. Along with Python 3 we have also added Mod_WSGI 3.0c5 to make working with Python 3 web applications possible on RHEL/CentOS 5. Currently, Setup Tools is [ READ MORE ]
A vulnerability in both PHP 5.2.11 and 5.3.0 was announced on September 30, 2009 via Security Reason. Grzegorz Stachowiak discovered an open_basedir bypass in the posix_mkfifo() function allowing a denial of service if the Apache user, or local user has write access to create a .htaccess socket within a DocumentRoot. The Vulnerability The vulnerability exists due to [ READ MORE ]
A vulnerability in both PHP 5.2.11 and 5.3.0 was announced on September 30, 2009 via Security Reason. Grzegorz Stachowiak discovered a safe_mode bypass in the tempnam() function allowing any local user or any scripts owned by the Apache user, with writable permissions on another user’s directory to bypass safe_mode restrictions. The Vulnerability The vulnerability exists due to [ READ MORE ]
The IUS CoreDev Team has decided to make our packages for PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.0 available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 4. Initially we were going to completely ignore RHEL4, however we feel it could greatly benefit a lot of people to have an upgraded PHP/MySQL stack should they not have the [ READ MORE ]
The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable for Redhat/CentOS EL 5 python26-2.6.2-1.ius mysql51-5.1.39-1.ius Update details follow… please expect 24 hours for your local mirrors to sync. Build: python26-2.6.2-1.ius Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language Update Information: %changelog * Tue Sep 01 2009 BJ Dierkes - 2.6.2-1.ius - Latest sources from upstream. - Replaced Patch0: python-2.6-config.patch with Patch0: [ READ MORE ]
We have finally setup the IUS Community Wiki and kicked it off with the following docs: Client Usage Guide Developer Guide The wiki is open for community contributions and editing, though we have limited this to OpenID logins with LaunchPad only. Our reason in doing so is to limit spammers/bots as well as to encourage anyone and everyone [ READ MORE ]
Per yesterday’s announcement of PHP 5.2.11, the IUS CoreDev Team has updated our php52 RPM set which is currently available for testing. Installing Packages From Testing When packages are tagged as ‘testing’ in our buildfarm they are added to the testing repository. If you have installed the ius-release package then you already have this repo configured in [ READ MORE ]