pear v1.8.1 build issues with php v4.4.9

[Mark Powell]

Hi,
   I've narrowed down a problem when building pear v1.8.1 with php v4.4.9.
There is an XML parse error when the port tries to install 
Structure_Graph.
   NB pear v1.7.2 builds ok with php v4.4.9. It's the update to pear v1.8.1 
that breaks it. Also, with php v5 pear v1.8.1 builds ok.
   So it just seems to be the combination of pear v1.8.x and php v4.
   Here's the relevant part of the build:

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Installing selected packages..................
Installing bootstrap package: PEAR...................warning: pear/PEAR 
requires package "pear/Archive_Tar" (recommended version 1.3.3)
warning: pear/PEAR requires package "pear/Structures_Graph" (recommended 
version 1.0.2)
warning: pear/PEAR requires package "pear/Console_Getopt" (recommended 
version 1.2.3)
install ok: channel://pear.php.net/PEAR-1.8.1
PEAR: Optional feature webinstaller available (PEAR's web-based installer)
PEAR: Optional feature gtkinstaller available (PEAR's PHP-GTK-based 
installer)
PEAR: Optional feature gtk2installer available (PEAR's PHP-GTK2-based 
installer)
PEAR: To install optional features use "pear install 
pear/PEAR#featurename"
Installing bootstrap package: Structures_Graph.......downloading 
Structures_Graph-1.0.2.tgz ...
Starting to download Structures_Graph-1.0.2.tgz (30,947 bytes)
.........done: 30,947 bytes
XML Error: 'not well-formed (invalid token)' on line '10'
Download of "pear/Structures_Graph" succeeded, but it is not a valid 
package archive
Error: cannot download "pear/Structures_Graph"
Download failed
Installing local package: Archive_Tar-stable.........install ok: 
channel://pear.php.net/Archive_Tar-1.3.3
Installing local package: Console_Getopt-stable.......install ok: 
channel://pear.php.net/Console_Getopt-1.2.3
===>   Registering installation for pear-1.8.1
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Even though the install of Structures_Graph fails, the port installation 
succeeds.
   Manually attempting the install of Structures_Graph unsurprisingly gives 
the same error:

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# pear -V
PEAR Version: 1.8.1
PHP Version: 4.4.9
Zend Engine Version: 1.3.0
Running on: FreeBSD webmail0 7.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p5 #0: Tue Apr 28 17:55:20 UTC 2009    xxx amd64
# pear install Structures_Graph
downloading Structures_Graph-1.0.2.tgz ...
Starting to download Structures_Graph-1.0.2.tgz (30,947 bytes)
.........done: 30,947 bytes
XML Error: 'not well-formed (invalid token)' on line '10'
Download of "pear/Structures_Graph" succeeded, but it is not a valid package archive
Error: cannot download "pear/Structures_Graph"
Download failed
install failed
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I see they changed to packages.xml v2.0 with pear v1.8.1. However, it's 
supposed to also woth with php v4.4.0 of newer.
   Is this a pear problem, rather than ports?
   Many thanks for your time.

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