From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 04:36:41 2009 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 2829F1065674 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [220.233.188.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4D58FC13 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n2P4aQrd051259; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:36:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:36:26 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Ruben de Groot In-Reply-To: <20090324212406.A42F4106567C@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20090325151645.I95588@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20090324212406.A42F4106567C@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mod_php5 and apache22 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: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:36:41 -0000 On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:46:16 +0100 Ruben de Groot 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