Re: PHP upgrades

Thanks guys, however while i have still not been able to patch upgrade to 4.2.2, i believe Gabor's suggestion to use the patch command is probably what i am looking for. Thanks for your suggestions however Stig, i appreciate the feedback, and had actually looked at that document already, but as Gabor says, that documents the procedure to "install" from scratch a new version of PHP, while i just want to "upgrade" to 4.2.2 from 4.2.1 with the patch i downloaded at pnp.net. The patch is a diff file and therefore requires running the patch command against the original source file. This is where i am stuck as i did not originally install the product, and i am trying to find this "source file" that you mentioned Gabor. Have either of you performed this patch upgrade I am attempting. If so, is it possible you could tell me what the name of this source file is? It would make life a lot easier for me. The following is a listing of all the files in my php-4.1.2 directory :- root$ ls CODING_STANDARDS configure.in CREDITS cvsclean ChangeLog.1999.gz dynlib.m4 ChangeLog.2000.gz ext EXTENSIONS footer INSTALL generated_lists LICENSE genfiles Makefile header Makefile.in install-sh NEWS libphp4.la README.CVS-RULES libs README.EXTENSIONS libtool README.EXT_SKEL ltmain.sh README.QNX main README.SELF-CONTAINED-EXTENSIONS makedist README.STREAMS makerpm README.Zeus missing RELEASE_PROCESS mkinstalldirs TODO modules TODO-4.2.txt pear TSRM php.ini-dist Zend php.ini-recommended acconfig.h php4.gif acconfig.h.in php4.spec acinclude.m4 php4.spec.in aclocal.m4 php_download.php apidoc-zend.txt php_version.h apidoc.txt regex build run-tests.php buildconf sapi config.cache scripts config.guess snapshot config.log stamp-h.in config.nice stub.c config.status stub.lo config.sub stub.o config_vars.mk tests configure win32 root$ I'm sorry to be so troublesome, I really feel that this procedure is just made a lot harder than it should be because of the lack of even a simple README file with the patch. Thanks again for all your time and patience Conor Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > > The only issue i have with your website i guess is that you make patches > > > available for users to download and install, however you make no upgrade > > > documentation available. I have the latest php upgrade to 4.2.2 > > > downloaded, but i have no idea how to install it! I'm sure its a simple > > > procedure and would greatly appreciate if someone could point me in the > > > right direction. > > > > The installation procedure is the same for 4.2.2 as for 4.2.0 or 4.2.1. > > "Chapter 3. Installation" (http://php.net/install) still applies. > > Well, as he talks about patches, I guess he should use "patch" to > upgrade his source code... > > Goba