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Date:      Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:12:13 +0100
From:      "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zszalbot@gmail.com>
To:        "Robert Huff" <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: removing a php5-pcre extension
Message-ID:  <94136a2c0812090512v1812a416jbfbe29a62ba3e941@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <18750.27518.886354.175524@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <94136a2c0812090242k2ee688bbx8015efb2c5c1fafd@mail.gmail.com> <ghli7i$tl2$1@ger.gmane.org> <94136a2c0812090312w3898a493vff0e633cd3a32f6b@mail.gmail.com> <18750.27518.886354.175524@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Hello,

>>  One more thought - I commented out the pcre extension in the ini file
>>  and restarted apache after which everything seems to be working fine.
>>
>>  So I wonder if I am safe to delete it or if not, then how would you
>>  advise me to proceed to keep the system clean. Many thanks!
>
>        As I understand it:
>        a) the port works by installing a library
>        b) dependant ports search for the library, not the port
>        c) if the (exact same) library (as determined by version
> number) is installed by some other port, the change should be
> transparent and the dependant ports should and not try to (re)build
> anything.

Thank you Robert! It does help a lot. Time to do some cleaning then. :)

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