[CLUG] Re: [Webdev] Line breaks bug on Red Hat 7.0

[Philip Reynolds]

adam beecher's [adam at iewebs.com] 25 lines of wisdom included:
> > I'm at a loss as to see how the operating system does this, and not
> > some part of software on the server side. I presume he means by
> > "It's RedHat 7's fault", that RedHat 7 ships with software that
> > displays this odd functionality?
> >
> Yip, apparently it's the result of a patch applied by Red Hat to the PHP
> RPM. Here's the bug report (which is pretty old for a "NEW" bug):
> 
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27623
> 
> PHP 4.0.5 is out, but the Red Hat RPM is still on RawHide, and it's linked
> to other RawHide RPM's. I could of course compile my own PHP or use the
> Rawhide RPM's, but I'm trying to keep this installation as clean as
> possible.
> 
> Looks like I'll just have to hack the PHP and wait until the new RPM is
> released officially. :(

Well RedHat shipping dodgy software again :)

Yeh, if you want to keep the install clean, that's probably the best
thing to do.
Phil.