Upgrade Damnit!
I came to a state of total boredness today. What better thing to do when one is bored than to upgrade? I decided it was time to upgrade from php 4.3.? to 5 Well…then I needed the MySQL header files, so I updraded all of mySQL, and downloaded the devel rpm. hehe. Then I realized that all would not go well with advx. I hate how linux distros bring their own custom bullshit into things KISS DAMNIT!. So I did a default install of apache(whatever the latest it..2.5.something, I think). Haha, thought I. I am now ready to compile Php. Well, I was wrong. Certain files for mySQL could not be found!!! The php developers left out support for the newer versions of MySQL with default installations. The autoconf script was looking in the wrong place for the includes >:o. After Much looking around, and I mean MUCH, I found all I needed and linked to where they really were from where php wanted them to be. mauahuwwaa After several minutes, make install finished. What joy! I started up my fresh compile of apache, but to my dismay, when I tried to load a page, it spit out the php source!!! Dear Lord, I thought to myself—this cannot be! php told me that it updated the apache config files for me…WHAT A LIE!!! it added the load module part, and after a lot more looking around, I realized that it left out the mime type configuration. All of that may not sound like alot, but it was hell…