PHP 5.2.17 + FPM on CentOS 7

Hello everyone, I manage a virtual machine running CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core) with PHP version 5.4.16 on it. Everything is working fine and this PHP installation is provided by default repositories. Now I was trying to add support for PHP 5.2.17 for backwards compatibility with some old applications and I am having some problems. Script used to install PHP, patch it and PHP-FPM was the following: #!/bin/bash export v="5.2.17"; yum install -y wget patch gcc libtool libmcrypt-devel libxml2-devel flex bison make pcre-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel gd-devel libtool-ltdl-devel mysql-devel cd /usr/local/src/ wget -c http://museum.php.net/php5/php-$v.tar.gz wget -c http://php-fpm.org/downloads/php-$v-fpm-0.5.14.diff.gz tar -xvf php-$v.tar.bz2 gzip -cd php-$v-fpm-0.5.14.diff.gz | patch -d php-$v -p1 cd php-$v ./configure --prefix=/opt/php-5.2.17 --enable-fastcgi --enable-fpm --enable-cli \ --with-mcrypt \ --with-zlib \ --enable-mbstring \ --with-openssl \ --with-mysql \ --with-mysql-sock \ --with-gd \ --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib64 \ --enable-gd-native-ttf \ --without-sqlite \ --disable-pdo \ --with-libdir=lib64 \ --with-xpm-dir=/usr/lib64 \ --enable-gd-jis-conv \ --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/freetype2 \ --with-fpm-user=nginx \ --with-fpm-group=nginx \ --enable-shared make all install strip /opt/php-5.2.17/bin/php-cgi I have also did the following, because as I could comprehend we need an init script for it: cp /usr/local/src/php-5.2.17/sapi/cgi/fpm/init.d/php-fpm.in /etc/init.d/php-5.2.17-fpm However, when I start it, it just gives me the following error and fails: [root@wiseispconfig01 ~]# /etc/init.d/php-5.2.17-fpm start Starting php_fpm Usage: /opt/php-5.2.17/sbin/php-fpm {start|stop|quit|restart|reload|logrotate} Failed This init script has the following lines on it: #! /bin/sh php_fpm_BIN=/opt/php-5.2.17/sbin/php-fpm php_fpm_CONF=/opt/php-5.2.17/etc/php-fpm.conf php_fpm_PID=/var/run/php-5.2.17-fpm.pid php_opts="--fpm-config $php_fpm_CONF" and: case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting php_fpm " $php_fpm_BIN --fpm $php_opts if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then echo " failed" exit 1 fi wait_for_pid created $php_fpm_PID if [ -n "$try" ] ; then echo " failed" exit 1 else echo " done" fi ;; Examining the output, I can see deduce it's executing the following binary and its arguments: /opt/php-5.2.17/sbin/php-fpm --fpm --fpm-config /opt/php-5.2.17/etc/php-fpm..conf However, this are not the expected parameters. Also, if I just run the following command, it will also fail: [root@wiseispconfig01 ~]# /opt/php-5.2.17/sbin/php-fpm start Starting php_fpm Error in argument 1, char 1: no argument for option - Usage: php-cgi [-q] [-h] [-s] [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] php-cgi <file> [args...] -a Run interactively -C Do not chdir to the script's directory -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory -n No php.ini file will be used -d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value 'bar' -e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler -f <file> Parse <file>. Implies `-q' -h This help -i PHP information -l Syntax check only (lint) -m Show compiled in modules -q Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP Header output. -s Display colour syntax highlighted source. -v Version number -w Display source with stripped comments and whitespace. -z <file> Load Zend extension <file>. .............................^C Can you please help me understand what have I missed? If not, could you please indicate the necessary steps in order to have my environment working for this particular PHP version? Thanks a lot for your cooperation. Best regards, Bruno Martins