VPS上装的CentOS是4.1的，上面的PHP和MySQL包都是4的，想要升级它们非常困难，自己又不想用源码安装，主要是源码安装以后有更改的话懒得重编译。今天偶然发现一个叫CentOSPlus的东西，嘿嘿，正好解了我的燃眉之急。
介绍：centosplus是centos的一部分，这个仓库的存在是为了保证centos对新软件的支持，当然这个仓库里面的软件也不是很新，它只是一个折中的方案。要使用这个仓库里面的软件请使用yum–enablerepo=centosplus在此次yum中打开这个仓库。如果你对yum的配置文件比较熟悉的话可以去/etc/yum.repos.d/修改他们。
官方解释:
TheCentOSPlusRepository
ThisrepositoryisforitemsthatactuallyupgradecertainbaseCentOS
componets.ThisrepowillchangeCentOStonotbeexactlylikethe
upstreamproviderscontent.
TheCentOSdevelopementteamhastestedeveryiteminthisrepo,and
theybuildandworkunderCentOS-4.Theyhavenotbeentestedbythe
upstreamprovider,andarenotavailableintheupstreamproducts.
Youshouldunderstandthatuseofthesecomponentsremovesthe100%
binarycompatibilitywiththeupstreamproducts.Thatsaid,hereis
whatisavailableinthisrepo.
Inthebelowdescriptions,theexactversioninghasbeenreplacedwith
x’s…asthisisgenericinformation.SeetheactualRPMdirectories
intheARCHthatyouareinterestedinforthelatestversionofeach
ofthepackagesforthatspecificARCH.
Everyeffortwillbemadetokeepthesefilesupdated,BUTthemain
CentOSdistrowillbeupdatedfirst,andthesefileswillbeupdated
afterthemaindistroupdateshavebeencompletedandpushed.This
shouldnotcauseaconsiderabledelay,andnormallyupdatesshould
becompletedonthesamedayasinthemaindistro.Youmightwant
toexcludeanypackagesfromthe[base]and[updates]sectionofyour
/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repofilelikethis:
exclude=php*kernel*postfix*
Ifyoudothattothe[updates]and[base]sectionforpackagesyou
installfromtheCentOSPlusrepo,youwon’taccidentallygetupdates
fromthemaintree.
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php-5.x.x-x.centos4
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Thisisphp-5forCentOS-4.Itreplacesthephp-4.3.9thatiscurrently
inCentOS-4.Inordertoupgradeacurrentphp-4install,youmust
removephp-domxmlfirstandthend
yum–enablerepo=centosplusupgradephp*
ortodoandinstall,usethiscommand:
yum–enablerepo=centosplus–exclude=php-domxmlinstallphp*
(orinstallindividuallythefilesthatyouneed)
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postfix-2.x.x-x.x.RHEL4.mysql.centos4
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ThisisPostfixcompiledwithmysqlsupportsothatyoucanuseaMySQL
databaseforbothusernamesandtoholdmail.Ifyouneedmysqlsupport
foryourpostfixmailserver,youcanupgradeacurrentlyinstalled
versionlikethis:
yum–enablerepo=centosplusupgradepostfix*
ordoaninstalllikethis:
yum–enablerepo=centosplusinstallpostfix*
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kernel-2.6.x-x.x.x.xxx.plus.c4
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Thisisakernelthathasmanyoftheoptionsandmodulesturnedonwhich
areturnedoffbydefaultintheupstreamproviderskernels.Alistof
someoftheitemsthatthisKernelincludesare:
FileSystems:
NTFS(readandwrite)
XFS(readandwrite)
JFS(readandwrite)
ReiserFS(readandwrite)
UFS{BSDdefaultFS}(readonly)
BeOSFS(readonly)
AFS(readonly)
HardwareModules:
AllUSB
AllFirewire
AllSCSI
Video4LinuxandallVideo,AudioandRadiomodules
IPX,DECNET,netwarefilemountsupport,abilitytowritetoaWindows
DynamicPartition.Thereareotheritemsaswell.Seethislinkfor
theactualconfigfilesusedtobuildthelatestunsupportedkernel:
Note:Startingwithkernel-2.6.9-42.x.x.plus.c4,xfs-kernel-modulesis
providedforthecentospluskernelsandthestandardcentoskernels.
ThesemodulesarenewerXFScodefromSGIthanthestandard2.6.9
modulesincludedintheCentOSkernel.
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FileSystemUtilities
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Becauseoftheaddedfilesystemsupportfortheabovekernel,wehave
alsoaddedtoolstocreateXFS,JFSandReiserFSpartitionsandmake
filesystemsonthosepartitions.HerearethepackagesforeachFS:
XFS:
dmapi
dmapi-devel
xfsdump
xfsprogs
xfsprogs-devel
JFS:
jfsutils
ReiserFS:
reiserfs-utils
Thanks,
TheCentOSDevelopmentTeam
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