I just installed XAMPP 1.5.1 on a RedHat Linux system. In checking the Pear modules that are installed, I see that the version of Pear itself is version 1.3.2, which is very old. Version 1.4.8 (stable) is available from the PHP Pear repositories. 1.3.2 is too old to be able use the automated pearcmd.php to upgrade it.
Is there a reason that Pear hasn't been upgraded to a newer version?
Thanks,
Rick