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Tag: SLES

  • No Bullshit #1: Apache vhost config AllowOverride All does not activate mod_rewrite

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    This is beginner’s talk, but I have seen it too many times anyway. A lot of tutorials on the web claim that you have to state “AllowOverride All” in an apache config and it magically activates mod_rewrite somehow. This is all bullshit. Your mileage may vary, you may be lucky on debianish systems. It’s not…

  • php5.3 packages in SLES 11 SP2

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    SLES 11 SP2 ships php5.3 binaries but the default package php5 still installs php5.2 which already has reached upstream end of life and should be considered unsupported by any means. Recent versions of phpunit and other developer tools won’t provide all features on php5.2 any more. You must use apache2-mod_php53, php53, php53-mysql and so on…

  • Horde Updates: Base module 3.3.10 RPMs for SLES and OpenSUSE

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    Ralf
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    New Horde Version available as OpenSUSE package Horde just released version 3.3.10 of their base application along with some minor updates to imp and dimp. After 3.3.9 had some regressions that caused trouble editing preferences, I decided to upgrade the horde RPMs for OpenSUSE and SLES 11 to the new release. This also removed the dependency…