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Updates pushed to IUS Stable

Written for IUS Community Project by BJ Dierkes on 2010-05-28

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

 mysql50-5.0.91-1 @el4,@el5,@security,@newsource
 mysql51-5.1.47-1 @el5,@security,@newsource
 python31-3.1.2-2 @el5,@newsource
 nginx07-0.7.65-1 @el5,@newpackage
 php53-5.3.2-5 @el5
 php53-ioncube-loader-3.3.17-1 @el5,@newpackage

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.

Please allow up to 24 hours for all mirrors to sync. Update details follow...

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Build: mysql50-5.0.91-1
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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:

%changelog
- Latest sources from upstream. Full changelog available at:
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-91.html
- This update includes security fixes for the following:
  CVE-2010-1848, CVE-2010-1850, CVE-2010-1849.
- Removed Patch316: mysql-5.1.43-ssl_cert.patch (applied upstream)

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/mysql51-5.0.91-1

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Build: mysql51-5.1.47-1
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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.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Fri May 21 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.47-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream. Full changelog available at:
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html
- This update resolves the following security issues:
  CVE-2010-1848, CVE-2010-1850, CVE-2010-1849
- Build federated storage engine static since MySQL is dragging their
  feet to fix it in 5.1 for nearly 2 years now. MySQL Bug #40942.
- Removed Patch7: mysql-plugin-bug.patch
- Add hack to remove ha_federated.o (MySQL Bug #48960), and build
  federated storage engine static

* Mon May 18 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.46-1.ius
- Latest sources
- No longer package plugins separately, -server obsoletes previous
  plugin subpackages
- Remove Patch14: mysql-charset-bug.patch (applied upstream)
- Chopping changelog of all entries before 5.1

* Fri May 15 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.45-4.2.ius
- Fixed source numbers to match Fedora changes

* Mon Apr 26 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.45-2.ius
- Update to MySQL 5.1.45, for various fixes described at
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-45.html
- Added the following patches (backported from Fedora 12):
    Patch1: mysql-ssl-multilib.patch
    Patch4: mysql-testing.patch
    Patch5: mysql-install-test.patch
    Patch6: mysql-stack-guard.patch
    Patch7: mysql-plugin-bug.patch
    Patch8: mysql-setschedparam.patch (Related: BZ#477624)
    Patch10: mysql-strmov.patch
    Patch11: mysql-signal-align.patch
    Patch12: mysql-cve-2008-7247.patch (MySQL Bug #39277)
    Patch13: mysql-expired-certs.patch
    Patch14: mysql-charset-bug.patch (MySQL Bug #45058)
    Patch15: mysql-no-docs.patch
    Patch16: mysql-lowercase-bug.patch
- Remove Patch207: mysql-5.0.41-compress-test.patch
- Remove mysql.info, which is not freely redistributable
  Resolves: BZ#560181
- Emit explicit error message if user tries to build RPM as root
  Related: BZ#558915
- Change %%define to %%global per Fedora Packaging Guidelines
- Remove ndb cluster (has not been built for a while anyway)
- Remove el3 hacks (no longer build for el3)
- Add --with-big-tables, --with-embedded-server
- Remove explicit --with-named-thread-libs
- Add sub packages embedded, embedded-devel, test
- Add libtoolize, aclocal, automake, autoconf, autoheader (per Fedora)
- Add Source9: mysql-embedded-check.c, and work-around to build mysqld.so

* Wed Mar 17 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.45-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Fix plugin build options
- Remove option plugin condition checks, make innodb always build
- Removed federated since MySQL doesn't seem to care about fixing it.

* Mon Mar 01 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.44-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Removed Patch316: mysql-5.1.43-ssl_cert.patch (applied upstream)
- Removed Patch317: mysql-5.1.42-bug50018.patch (applied upstream)

* Mon Feb 01 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.1.43-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream
- Added Patch316: mysql-5.1.43-ssl_cert.patch
- Added Patch317: mysql-5.1.42-bug50018.patch
- Conflicts: psa
- Fixed plugin configure options

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/mysql51-5.1.47-1

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Build: python31-3.1.2-2
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Package Description:

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
language often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. Python includes
modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and
dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and
libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk,
Mac and MFC).

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Update Information:

%changelog
* Tue May 18 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 3.1.2-2.ius
- Adding [optional] make test, default to _with_tests disabled

* Sat May 08 2010 Jason Garber <jgarber@appcove.com> - 3.1.2-1.ius
- Upgraded to Python 3.1.2. Full changelog available at:
  http://svn.python.org/projects/python/tags/r312/Misc/NEWS

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/python31-3.1.2-2

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Build: nginx07-0.7.65-1
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Package Description:

Nginx [engine x] is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3
proxy server written by Igor Sysoev.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Tue May 10 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.7.65-1
- Porting to IUS, based off of Fedora 12 spec
- BuildRequires: perl (not perl-devel)

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/nginx07-0.7.65-1

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Build: php53-5.3.2-5
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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. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Thu May 20 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.2-5.ius
- Added -psa-compat subpackage which adds Plesk (psa) compatibility
  Resolves LP#583485.

* Thu May 13 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.2-4.ius
- Set error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_DEPRECATED. Resolves
  RS #585 (internal)

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/php53-5.3.2-5

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Build: php53-ioncube-loader-3.3.17-1
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Package Description:

IonCube Loader provides PHP Modules to read IonCube Encoded Files

---

Update Information:

%changelog
- Porting to IUS for the php53 package
- Removed files for other versions of PHP

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://launchpad.net/ius/+milestone/php53-ioncube-loader-3.3.17-1

======================================================================
Installing From IUS Repositories
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

======================================================================
Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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!

updates pushed to ius el5 stable

Written for IUS Community Project by BJ Dierkes on 2010-04-07

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

 php53-5.3.2-3.ius @el4, @el5

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...

======================================================================
Build: php53-5.3.2-3.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. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Tue Apr 06 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.2-3.ius
- Added Patch314: php-5.2.13-bug51263.patch resolves Bug 51263 imagettftext
  and rotated text uses wrong baseline (regression). Resolves LP #551189.
- Added Patch315: php-5.3.2-bug51192.patch resolves Bug 51192
  FILTER_VALIDATE_URL will invalidate a hostname that includes '-'. Resolves
  LP #548985.

* Thu Mar 18 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.2-2.ius
- Add Requires: recode for -recode package
- Fixed httpd_mmn macro bug for -zts package

* Thu Mar 04 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.2-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Removed Patch9: php-5.3.0-libedit.patch (applied upstream)
- Added Patch9: php-5.3.2-phar.patch (http://bugs.php.net/50578). Reusing
  patch number 9 to follow upstream (Fedora) patch numbers.
- Updated Patch2: php-5.3.2-install.patch
- add runselftest option to allow build without test suite
- Added provides for all inherited pecl modules

* Wed Feb 10 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.3.1-2.ius
- Porting a lot of changes from Fedora 12
- Added optional zts module build. Resolves LP#519548
- Added optional interbase support (requires firebird)
- Added optional embedded support
- Added sysvshm, sysvsem, sysvmsg, posix into php-process
- Added recode support, -recode subpackage
- Added modules enchant, phar, fileinfo, intl, pspell,
- Added wddx to php-xml
- Added curl shared in php-common
- Added -Wno-pointer-sign to CFLAGS
- Added SASL support to php-ldap
- Added t1lib and xpm support to GD
- Added --with-system-tzdata
- Added READMEs for php-cli
- Added Patch6: php-5.2.4-embed.patch
- Added Patch7: php-5.3.0-recode.patch
- Added Patch9: php-5.3.0-libedit.patch
- Enable pdo_dblib driver in php-mssql
- Build with libedit support in place of readline
- Requires: php53-pear (not php-pear18)
- Adjust php.conf to use -zts SAPI build for worker MPM
- Remove legacy pear stuff
- Trim changelog to changes >= 5.2.0
- Drop mime_magic provides (legacy)
- Define php_extdir in macros.php
- Removed legacy hacks for php4->5 upgrades
- split pspell extension out into php-pspell
- drop extension_dir from default php.ini, rely on hard-coded
  default, to make php-common multilib-safe
- Removed el3/4 hacks
- Synced php.ini inline with upstream and Fedora
- Set short_open_tag = Off in php.ini
- Set memory_limit = 128M
- Set error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED
- Set variables_order = "GPCS"
- Set enable_dl = Off
- Set mail.add_x_header = On Resolves LP#491114
- Set session.bug_compat_warn = Off

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548985
 [ 2 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551189
 [ 3 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520760
 [ 4 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532171
 [ 5 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491114
 [ 2 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519548

======================================================================
Installing From IUS Repositories
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

======================================================================
Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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!

---
BJ Dierkes
Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker
Infrastructure Services [Development]
Rackspace Hosting

updates pushed to ius stable

Written for IUS Community Project by BJ Dierkes on 2010-04-06

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

 php52-5.2.13-2.ius @el4, @el5

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...

======================================================================
Build: php52-5.2.13-2.ius
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package Description:

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Mon Mar 29 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.2.13-2.ius
- Added Patch314: php-5.2.13-bug51263.patch resolves Bug 51263 imagettftext
  and rotated text uses wrong baseline (regression). Resolves LP #551189.
- Added Patch315: php-5.2.13-bug51192.patch resolves Bug 51192
  FILTER_VALIDATE_URL will invalidate a hostname that includes '-'. Resolves
  LP #548985.

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548985
 [ 2 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551189

======================================================================
Installing From IUS Repositories
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

======================================================================
Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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!

Updates Pushed to IUS 4/5 Stable

Written for IUS Community Project by BJ Dierkes on 2010-03-17

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

 php52-5.2.13-1.ius @el4, @el5

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...

======================================================================
Build: php52-5.2.13-1.ius
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package Description:

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Wed Mar 03 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.2.13-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.

---

References:

[ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520760
[ 2 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531451

======================================================================
Installing From IUS Repositories
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

======================================================================
Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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!

---
BJ Dierkes
Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker
Infrastructure Services [Development]
Rackspace Hosting

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

Written for IUS Community Project by BJ Dierkes on 2010-02-23

The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable

 ius-release-1-4.ius @el4, @el5
 mysql50-5.0.90-1.ius @el4, @el5, @newsource
 php52-suhosin-0.9.29-1.ius @el5, @newpackage
 php53-suhosin-0.9.29-1.ius @el5, @newpackage

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: ius-release-1-4.ius
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Package Description:

This package contains the IUS Community Project (IUS) repository
GPG key as well as configuration for yum%{?el4: and up2date}.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Wed Feb 10 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.1-4.ius
- Fixed baseurl url's (even though they are commented out)
- Added ius-dev.repo

---

References:

 [ 1 ] N/A

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Build: mysql50-5.0.90-1.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.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Mon Feb 01 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 5.0.90-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Added Patch316: mysql-5.1.43-ssl_cert.patch

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/514389

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Build: php52-suhosin-0.9.29-1.ius
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Package Description:

Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations. It was designed
to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications
and the PHP core.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Wed Feb 10 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.9.29-1
- Porting from Fedora 12 to IUS
- Latest sources from upstream

---

References:

 [ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/519547

======================================================================
Build: php53-suhosin-0.9.29-1.ius
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package Description:

Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations. It was designed
to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications
and the PHP core.

---

Update Information:

%changelog
* Wed Feb 10 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.9.29-1
- Porting from Fedora 12 to IUS
- Latest sources from upstream

---

References:

[ 1 ] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/519547

======================================================================
Installing From IUS Repositories
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

======================================================================
Reporting Bugs or No Bugs
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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!

---
BJ Dierkes
Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker
Infrastructure Services [Development]
Rackspace Hosting

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