Bug #55196 [NEW]: PEAR doesn't honor the ext_dir configuration variable

From: Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:PEAR doesn't honor the ext_dir configuration variable Description: ------------ I'm using PEAR 1.9.0, but newer version are also affected. PEAR doesn't honor the ext_dir configuration variable, or I didn't understand how to use it. The ext_dir configuration variable is supposed to be used when you want to install extensions in a custom directory. This is useful to allow unprivileged user to install php extensions in their home directories. To make the ext_dir configuration variable working I fixed the build function in Builder.php to use ext_dir as a prefix for the destination path of the extension. I also fixed the enableExtension function in Command/Install.php to write the full path to the extension in php.ini when ext_dir is set. While these fixes fit my use case they are not perfect because they use ext_dir as a prefix instead as the full dirname for the extension. Moreover I didn't take care of possible regressions and some other places in the code certainly need to be adjusted (e.g: error messages). The attached patch applies to SVN r313186 Best regards PS: It's not clear where this bug should be reported, the PEAR website doesn't seem to have the concept of bugs in PEAR itself but only in packages… Test script: --------------- #!/bin/sh ext_dir=mktemp -d pear config-set ext_dir $ext_dir user pecl install mongo rm -rf $ext_dir Expected result: ---------------- [...] Build process completed successfully Installing '/tmp/tmp.km7ZJACEQ3/lib/php5/20090626/mongo.so' install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mongo-1.2.1 configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location You should add "extension=/tmp/tmp.km7ZJACEQ3/lib/php5/20090626/mongo.so" to php.ini % Actual result: -------------- [...] Build process completed successfully Installing '/usr/lib/php5/20090626/mongo.so' install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mongo-1.2.1 configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location You should add "extension=mongo.so" to php.ini % -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55196&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=mysqlcfg Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55196&r=trysnapshot54