Are these Yum updates safe?

[matt3830]

My last yum update didn't go so smoothly because of my zend optimizer. Do these latest updates look ok? Any problems anyone can think of?

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# yum check-update
Repository base already added, not adding again
Setting up Repos
psa-7.5                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
base                      100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
atomic                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  37 kB    00:00
MD Read   : ################################################## 133/133
psa-7.5   : ################################################## 133/133
base      : ################################################## 1652/1652
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  70 kB    00:00
MD Read   : ################################################## 184/184
atomic    : ################################################## 184/184
updates-re: ################################################## 910/910
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 304 kB    00:00
MD Read   : ################################################## 745/745
updates   : ################################################## 745/745

gnupg.i386                               1.2.7-1.2.legacy       updates
mysql.i386                               4.1.19-1.art.rhfc3.art atomic
mysql-compat.i386                        4.1.19-1.art.rhfc3.art atomic
mysql-server.i386                        4.1.19-1.art.rhfc3.art atomic
spamassassin.i386                        1:3.1.1-3.rhfc3.art    atomic

[breun]

They're working ok for me. The problem you saw was not a problem with the updates, it probably was a problem with you not upgrading Zend Optimizer to match the version of PHP installed.

If you're running PHP 4.3 with Zend Optimizer for PHP 4.3 for instance, and you update to PHP 4.4 via yum you can't expect Zend Optimizer for PHP 4.3 to work with that. So, update Zend Optimizer when you update PHP.

If you don't trust updates, use an extra box for testing.

[matt3830]

The zend issue wasn't serious, it just took me forever to figure out. Your right I should get another server for testing.

What's the best way to update zend?

[breun]

Just download it from http://www.zend.com/ I guess. Unless someone knows of any rpms. Actually, I don't know if Zend allows redistribution.