Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:36:26 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mod_php5 and apache22 Message-ID: <20090325151645.I95588@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20090324212406.A42F4106567C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20090324212406.A42F4106567C@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:46:16 +0100 Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Mel Flynn typed: > > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 15:13:33 Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > I moved a site from some FreeBSD 5.2 or something (with apache2 and > > > mod_php5 at that time, > > > about 3 years old) to 7.1 (Beta though) and apache22. > > > > > > Now I don't find something that looks like mod_php5 in /usr/ports/www. > > > > > > Has that changed somehow? > > > > lang/php5 with APACHE_MODULE ticked in options dialog. > > The apache module compile is off by default since somewhere in 2006 and I keep > forgetting that occasionally :( > So people using pkg_add -r php5 will not get mod_php5. That's right, you haven't been able able to install mod_php5 from a package for at least that long. I've never understood the rationale. > This is probably not what they expected. I could well be wrong, but I've always suspected that _most_ people who install apache (1.3 or 2.x) and php do so because they intend to use it with mod_php, rather than the command-line php interpreter or the cgi. > Would it not be a good idea to (re)introduce www/mod_php5? Yes. As far as I can tell, all that would be required is an identical port (with a new name, '+mod_php' would do fine) with the ONLY change being to select the APACHE_MODULE option on, as Mel points out. I wish someone who knows about ports building would just do that. Then you could again install apache+mod_php from packages, right from the dist CDs/DVD if desired. Ah, for the good old days when it wasn't assumed that everyone had both fast boxes and fast net connections :) cheers, Ian
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