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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org>
Subject: Re: lang/php5 port
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Brett Davidson wrote:
> 
>> Tom Worster wrote:
>>  
>>> is there any documentation or a helpful website for how to use ports to
>>> install php5?
>>>
>>> i'm used to compiling it with a pretty long configuration command for
>>> all
>>> the optional bits i need, e.g. --with-dom --with-dom-xslt --enable-dom
>>> --with-pear --with-gd etc. etc. on and on.
>>>
>>> i'm unclear how these options are handled in freebsd ports. is it a
>>> matter
>>> of identifying lots of individual ports, one for each of the
>>> configuration
>>> command options i'd normally use?
>>>     
>>
>>   
> Run make config on the php port to see if any configuration options you
> need are mentioned there.
> I normally utlise the php-extensions port - run make config in there for
> options.

One of the reasons I've had to edit Makefile manually was because a
client needed JPEG support.

At the time, `make config' didn't provide that option.

You make a couple of valuable points however. It would be easier if the
OP's demands could be met with your method.

Steve