From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 09:23:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FFD106566C; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B6D8FC08; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws2 with SMTP id 2so1979541vws.13 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.158.73 with SMTP id e9mr4306117vcx.200.1284974628810; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.188.3 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.1.133.114] In-Reply-To: <4C971132.7060809@FreeBSD.org> References: <20100918114500.C20F41065761@hub.freebsd.org> <20100919194813.J11124@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4C971132.7060809@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:48 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: Alex Dupre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: patrick , Gary Kline , Ian Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why is the PHP stuff line "off" by default in ports/lang/php5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:23:50 -0000 On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 00:45, Alex Dupre wrote: > This "issue" has been discussed too many times. The answer is simply > "no", but you can search the archives for the actual reason. You have to > comile the module for your specific apache installation. > > -- > Alex Dupre > If you can't be bothered to give the "actual reason," then why even reply? I have searched the archives. Unfortunately, there are so many messages revolving around how to set up php, secure it, etc. that it becomes difficult to find anything relevant. The only thing I came across was a thread from 2007 about how this is "more like a personal preference than engineering as such"[1] and "its just one of those things that you learn to live with after a while."[2] [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-June/151399.html [2] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-June/151384.html -- Rob Farmer