Searching Ports - possible problem

Micah micahjon at ywave.com
Fri Aug 11 00:04:55 UTC 2006


Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> Fellow FreeBSD Enthusiasts,
> 
> While researching a couple of "Searching For Ports" tips to send to a fellow
> new FreeBSD user I noticed an anomaly.  The port in question was mod_php5.
> One would expect searching for mod_php via the search form on the ports web
> page or "make search name='mod_php'" in /usr/ports to list mod_php4 and
> mod_php5.  Neither show up.  Where do the name and keywords for ports come
> from?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin
> http://www.RawFedDogs.net
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> Bruceville, TX
> 

See /usr/ports/UPDATING, specifically the entry for 20060801. Seems 
mod_php is part of php now. Do a make config in lang/phpX to see it.

HTH,
Micah


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