Dreamhost has upgraded itself to 64-bit servers, running debian 4.
Python is 2.4 by default, and 2.5 is available, by running ‘python2.4′ instead of just ‘python’.
I moved my old ‘local’ directory to ‘_local’ and recreated it. For now, I’m just using the built-in php, rather than building my own. I still seem able to log in to my blog using openid so I guess thats ok. I reinstalled python virtualenv, so I could install sqlalchemy and so on, so that http://manageddreams.com/ailaddergrid is working again now.
Edit: getfacl is still unavailable :-/ Also, debian 4 sounds a little old, considering that 5 has been out for ages now. Anyway… better than debian 3 