PHP version dependency problems, was need help with php.

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:31:01AM -0000, John Levine wrote:
> >	compiled correctly.  Then, still nothing.  Typing "php" at a
> >	root prompt outputs these warnings.  What's strange is that I
> >	_thought_ I had mysql set up correctly.  
> 
> PHP has a bunch of version dependencies on other ports that the guy
> who maintains the PHP port refuses to fix or even to document.  I sent
> in two fixes for a pcre dependency, one of which was a one-line change
> to the makefile to use the bundled pcre, the other of which was a
> different one-line change to note the version depenency on the
> separate pcre port.  He rejected them both, insisting that everyone
> always keeps all their ports current.  That's absurd, but there's not
> much to be done.
> 
> The failures were odd PHP bugs in packages like mediawiki that used
> to work just fine.
> 
> So if you've built PHP on a system that's not freshly installed, I'd
> suggest one of these to bring all the ports on which it depends up to
> date.
> 
> # portupgrade -R php\*
> # portmaster php\*
> 
> R's,
> John


	Still stumped.  I upgraded via portmaster; I installed the
	test.php.  The APACHE  flag is "on" in the lang/php5 Makefile.
	Nada.  I just rebuilt the suite with the DEBUG "ON"; how is this
	supposed to help?

	gary



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