Re: second/custom PEAR/PECL installation. possible? how?

Daniel Brown wrote: > On 6/6/07, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: >> Daniel Brown wrote: >> > On 6/6/07, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: >> >> ... >> >> > >> > Yeah, my truck, too. I do computer forensics primarily, so I'm on >> > the road all the time. I have a laptop in the front between the >> > driver and passenger seats with a system in the back hardwired through >> > an inverter, which is packed with an Everio video camera, RF monitors, >> > et cetera. >> >> the mind boggles - your geek level way surpasses mine :-) - in fact I >> had to look up 'inverter' :-/ >> >> can't figure how exactly the camera and rf monitors tie into the >> forensics, >> sounds cool though! besides who am I to question a man with a truck >> packed >> with more custom electronics that I have in my house :-) >> >> > Manually doing the APC module may not be ideal, but if it's an >> > immediate requirement, you could do it like that for now just to get >> > it up and going, then work on creating your test environment so that >> > you'll be ready to go when the need to update or modify the >> > installation arises. >> >> a, seems like the way to go - I can live with that. >> >> > >> >> > > The camera is just for audiovisual recording of evidence on the > scene, while the RF monitors, WLAN (A/B/G) scanners, et cetera, are > for bug detection, AP/Ad Hoc/WiFi hijacking and sniffing, and so on. > It's a lot of fun, if you're into that kind of geek stuff like I am. sounds a bit over my head - but it does sound like fun indeed! > Going back to your original point, however, I do have to agree > that Plesk upgrades are a nightmare, and I've been doing Linux server > administration for well over a decade now. It's so non-standard and > yet still intertwined that it makes even the simplest system > modifications (PHP recompilations, for example) turn into a day-long > project sometimes.... and sometimes longer, with downtime and loss of > hair thrown in for good measure! ah good - in the sense that a 'real' sys admin feels where I'm coming from, rather than it being just my twisted perception (and lack of sys admin skills) when it comes to plesk. hand compiled extensions here I come :-) > >