Re: [webmin-l] Apache2 down after package update

[Andrey R. <anr...@ya...>]

Greetings, Teknoskillz!

> What a mess this is turning out to be. It looks like apache insists on 
> php7.x now

Apache HTTPD don't care about PHP version.

> and I cant use it, stuck with php5.6 because the sites php is using older code
> and developers say
> its not worth the time to update it to 7 compatability.

Then these developers are idiots.

> I have posted to the apache lounge saying it would be neat if there was a 
> "rollback" option
> so last known good configuration could be reverted to.

This makes very, very little sense.

> The way things are going now, what do you have to do ? Throw away otherwise 
> fine working websites because some php developers cant justify the time or
> inclination for you keeping the older stuff around?

I'm using co-installable PHP versions provided by Ondřej Surý.
With PHP-FPM SAPI, of course. And I'm no longer using Apache for my projects.
nginx offers way better configuration options.

> We should be able to set things up as we see fit for our own use, and not 
> have to necessarily jump on the newer
> stuff, just because its "new".

You can do that. You just made this worse for yourself with a lot of senseless
activity that I fail to track though your messages.
But I know for a fact that you can run Apache 2.4 with Apache 1.x PHP SAPI.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 04:19:38

Sorry for my terrible english...