PHP rpmnew .ini

["Adam H. Pendleton" <fmonkey fmonkey net>]

I just noticed that I have a /etc/php.ini.rpmnew file on my system.  I 
assume this was created when I last upgraded PHP, which would have been 
whenever the most recent up2date php version was released.  I ran a 
quick diff on /etc/php.ini and /etc/php.ini.rpmnew and the following 
was produced:

[root gandalf root]# diff /etc/php.ini /etc/php.ini.rpmnew
71c71
< short_open_tag = On
---
> short_open_tag = Off
345a346
> include_path = ".:/usr/share/pear"
441d441
< ;extension=php_dbg.dll
455c455
< extension=imap.so
---
> ;extension=php_imap.dll
466d465
< extension=mysql.so
847,851d845
<
< [debugger]
< debugger.enabled = true
< deubgger.JIT_host = clienthost
< debugger.JIT_port = 7869

The first difference, "short_open_tag", is self-explanatory, though I 
don't know why RedHat would turn this option off.  The second is the 
creation of a new "include_path" to include /usr/share/pear.  Do I need 
this path in include_path?  The next two differences have to do with 
the removal of imap.so and mysql.so from the extensions.  Since I have 
both php-imap and php-mysql intalled, I assume I should leave this 
alone, and since php.ini.rpmnew doesn't have either of these two lines, 
even commented out, I can only assume that the RPM's for php-imap and 
php-mysql create them.  What about the "[debugger]" section?  Should I 
remove that from php.ini?

BTW, am I the only one who isn't a big fan on the .rpmnew method of 
doing things?  I am all for not overwriting current config files, but 
couldn't this potentially prevent important configuration options from 
being loaded?  And all without the user knowing they weren't being 
loaded (privilege separation on SSH comes immediately to mind).

ahp

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