Yum -yt upgrade and Zend Error
I was feeling cheeky in class the other day, and I decided to pull up a remote shell from my webserver on the computer in class—basically, just to do it. While I was in the shell, I decided to do a package upgrade - you know, the latest and greatest that Fedora core has to offer - why not, right? It is fun to see the machinations of a remote computer! As you might already know, Linux does not need a reboot to implement things like program upgrades—all it does is wait for a slow period and reinitializes the programs that are running.
The problem is, however, that in this casual process, I inadvertently upgraded my PHP to v4.3.10, which, much to my chagrin (now that i find out), has issues with "older" bits of php code. Due to my illness, you see, I spent my weekend hiding my head under my pillow, only occasionally messing with the site. well, I awoke last night at about 8:30pm to find that all of the sudden, like an act of god, large chunks of my code were useless crap. I spent about 3 hours pulling my hair out over this—nothing I did remedied the situation. I still am a bit wound up about it– one of my less noble traits is a structural inability to adequately cope with a seemingly unsolvable problem set–I do not initially overreact with frustration, but allow my dissatisfaction to simmer and affect my mood. Especially, of course, when the scope of the problem is seemingly within my control—add to that a bout of influenza, having to go to work on a monday (a concept that should be outlawed), and generally speaking, this last day has been a pretty shitty one. It is 1:05am now, and now that I have figured this out, I am going to bed. Hopefully shit refrains from happening while I am asleep. ◊
2 Missives So Far
01 Gone Away said on Wed Dec 31 23:00:01 EST
I am a layman. Which means I don't understand the trials and tribulations that josh sometimes speaks of. I once learned HTML thanks to the enthusiasm of my son, Mad, but have forgotten most of it because I don't use it and haven't needed it until recently. But, in running a blog, I have come to realize this: any website is a living thing; you can't just put it up and let it carry on under its own steam - that's not gonna happen. A website needs constant care and attention, feeding and medical attention sometimes. It is a delicate and sometimes dangerous pet. But, given the proper nurturing, it will reward you in many ways.
That is the reason Josh's site is one of the best on the web. It's design is excellent and it looks pretty. Occasionally it turns on Josh and bites him but, in true website owner's style, he sets to and tames it once again.
Great work, Josh. Get better soon!
02 Keeefer said on Wed Dec 31 23:00:01 EST
bummer man
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