Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:13:17 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> Subject: Re: lang/php5 port Message-ID: <EE06FAD4CE4DA4D946DF09A2@Macintosh-2.local> In-Reply-To: <C56DE58F.6B39%fsb@thefsb.org> References: <C56DE58F.6B39%fsb@thefsb.org>
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--On December 16, 2008 10:09:03 PM -0600 Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> wrote: > > On 12/16/08 8:10 PM, "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> wrote: > >> install the options from lang/php5-extensions . Gives you tons of >> options for php5. > > thanks for the pointer. i think i found everything i needed in there. > > i'm not sure how i feel about having 55 more ports installed than i would > have if i'd installed from php tarball, especially with regard to > updates, > but i'll cross that bridge when i come to it. > When you run portupgrade or portmaster, if there's updates to some of the extensions, those updates will be done at the same time. (There are usually many.) The only "gotcha" is that if you need to uninstall php, the extensions don't uninstall as well. You have to either pkg_delete them or go into each port and run make deinstall. Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ****************************************** WARNING: Check the headers before replying
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