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svpernova09's avatar

Homestead 4.0.0 and Box 1.0.0 Released - PHP 7.1

We released Homestead 4.0.0 this morning along with a box update to version 1.0.0 (Virtualbox AND VMWare).

Homestead 4.0.0 requires box 1.0.0 since we're upgrading to PHP 7.1

Not sure how to update? Want to stay at PHP 7.0 for a bit? Instructions here: https://www.joeferguson.me/laravel-homestead-4-0-and-box-1-0/

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Sebbuku's avatar

Everything is working. Great work! By the way I wish I saw this post before trying to update on my own (updated only the box then wondered why the php7.0-fpm service wasn't there anymore).

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Aleh's avatar

Configure xdebug in this Homestead ?

svpernova09's avatar

@Aleh Looks like you found the first bug in this release!

php-xdebug isn't installed :/

Will fix and update.

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Aleh's avatar

Yes, first bug... Thanks!

svpernova09's avatar

Box version 1.0.1 released that adds missing XDebug.

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Homestead 4.0.1 has been released to address a problem on Windows where editing the aliases file in an editor that does not properly respect existing line endings would cause issues installing the aliases file in the virtual machine.

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