Is RHEL ES5 really users older versions of Apache and PHP compared to FC7?

[Marti, Robert]

Learn about backporting and realize that fc7 wasn't getting security  
updates.

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On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:45, "Rob Tanner" <rtanner at linfield.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We’ve been running out web server on FC7 since FC7 was the current F 
> edora
> release.  We are replacing the old server with a brand new box on  
> which I
> just installed RHEL ES5.  When I compared PHP and Apache versions I  
> was a
> bit surprised.
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> Packages on FC7 are: httpd-2.2.8-1.fc7 and php-5.2.6-2.fc7
> Packages on ES5 are: httpd-2.2.3-31.el5_4.2 and php-5.1.6-24.el5_4.5
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> It looks like the old Fedora Core distro included much more recent  
> versions
> of Apache and PHP than does the current Redhat distro.  Both systems  
> are up
> to date.
>
> Can anyone explain that?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
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> Rob Tanner
> UNIX Services Manager
> Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon
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