Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:03:03 +0200
From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@pompo.net>
To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: lang/php4, www/mod_php4{Makefile,scripts/configure.php}
Message-ID: <20030412070303.GA56245@graf.pompo.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030412014900.GH36951@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
References: <20030412014900.GH36951@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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Le Sam 12 avr 03 à 3:49:00 +0200, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> écrivait : > dirk@ seems to have disappeared, so I thought I'd think aloud here. > > It's quite obvious that the decision to retire lang/php4 was > shortsighted. But that's not the only problem with PHP(-related) ports > IMO. Another sore is that PEAR depends on mod_php4, leading to > absurdities like this one: > > Port: pear-Console_Getopt-1.0 > Path: /usr/ports/devel/pear-Console_Getopt > Info: PEAR command-line option parser > Maint: ports@FreeBSD.org > Index: devel www > B-deps: apache-1.3.27_4 expat-1.95.6_1 mod_php4-4.3.1 mysql-client-3.23.55 pear-install-4.3.0 > R-deps: apache-1.3.27_4 expat-1.95.6_1 mod_php4-4.3.1 mysql-client-3.23.55 pear-install-4.3.0 Dirk had tried to separate PHP & PEAR, but it was not easy, and many people were waiting for 4.3.1. See <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2294811+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-ports/20030112.freebsd-ports>; for the complete story. Regards, -- Th. Thomas.
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