php4...

[Roman Neuhauser]

# freebsd-questions at webteckies.org / 2003-11-30 21:48:49 +0100:
> On Sunday 30 November 2003 21:13, Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 01:40:07PM +0100, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> > > On Sunday 30 November 2003 08:54, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > 	Another look at the php4  build clued me in.  It was a
> > > > 	one-line hack to the Makefile... .
> > >
> > > You shouldn't hack the Makefile, cause now you have both www/mod_php4 and
> > > lang/php4 installed and screwed up dependencies.
> > >
> > > You should uninstall www/mod_php4 (just force it). Then install
> > > lang/php4.
> > >
> > > The lang/php4 port will check for the existence of an apache installation
> > > and install the apache module (which is www/mod_php4) accordingly.
> >
> > 	Thanks for your help.  Last May when I first started working
> > 	with php another genteman said to forget lang/php4 and
> > 	just install mod_php4.  This worked for awhile.  Now that
> > 	I'm trying to merge php with mysql || postresql, things are
> > 	more complcated.
> 
> If somebody tells you to 'forget about something', the next question should be 
> 'why?' :).

    because installing www/mod_php4 alongside lang/php4-cli allows you
    to have different features enabled in the two?

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