php.bsd.mk/php.conf and installed extensions

[Melvyn Sopacua]

Hi,

There currently is no way of knowing for other ports, which extensions are 
compiled with php. The only assumption that can be made is "if the library is 
installed, it prolly is compiled into php".

There is however a php.conf file installed and loaded into bsd.php.mk. The 
attached patch hacks bsd.php.mk and lang/php4/Makefile to load PHPEXT_* 
variables into php.conf.

Dependent ports requiring a specific php extension can then include bsd.php.mk 
and set WANT_PHP${MODULE} and if that module is not installed, than a BROKEN 
message (maybe something more suttle is in order) is displayed.

I could probably hack this further and call upon 'pear install' if desired.

Is this a welcome addition or were there specific reasons that something like 
this wasn't done, when hacking together php.bsd.mk in the first place?

-- 
Melvyn

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