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[BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable for Redhat/CentOS
EL 4

	php52-5.2.11-2.ius 	(@security)
	mysql50-5.0.86-1.ius	(@newsource)


Tag Definitions:

@security: Update fixes a known security vulnerability. These updates
often do not go through the usual testing period and are generally
pushed to stable without delay.

@newsource: Update introduces a newer source version.

@newpackage: This signifies a package has been added to IUS that did
not previously exist.


Update details follow...

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Build: php52-5.2.11-2.ius
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Package Description:

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages.

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Update Information:

%changelog
- Only install /etc/rpm/macros.pear if building with pear.  Resolves
  LaunchPad Bug #448260.
- Added Patch309: php-5.2.11-bug447752.patch resolves LaunchPad Bug
  447752, Security Focus Bugtraq ID 36555 PHP tempname() safe_mode
  Restriction-Bypass Vulnerability

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References:

 [ 1 ] Bug #447752 - PHP 'tempname()' 'safe_mode' Restriction-Bypass
Vulnerability
       https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/447752
 [ 2 ] Bug #448260 - conflict between php53-devel and php53-pear
       https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/447752


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Build: mysql50-5.0.86-1.ius
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Package Description:

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a
client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld)
and many different client programs and libraries. The base package
contains the MySQL client programs, the client shared libraries, and
generic MySQL files.

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Update Information:

* Tue Oct 06 2009 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 5.0.86-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.

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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #445891 - MySQL 5.0.86 Source Update
      https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/445891


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Installing From IUS Repositories
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First read the Getting Started guide here:

	http://iuscommunity.org/getting-started/


Then either install:

root@linuxbox ~]$ yum install <package1> <package2>


OR upgrade if you already have IUS Packages installed:

root@linuxbox ~]$ yum upgrade



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Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
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Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated, whether it be because you
found bugs or to let us know that you didn't have any issues.  Please
report all bugs to:

	http://bugs.launchpad.net/ius


Thanks!

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BJ Dierkes
Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker
Infrastructure Services [OS & Applications]
Rackspace Hosting