Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=58050&edit=1
ID: 58050
Updated by: kalle@php.net
Reported by: mfischer@php.net
Summary: pecl install asks a weird dialog about libenchant
prefix?
-Status: Open
+Status: Assigned
Type: Feature/Change Request
-Package: enchant
+Package: *General Issues
Operating System: Linux Debian
PHP Version: 5.2.5
Assigned To: pajoye
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
Previous Comments:
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[2008-02-21 09:41:23] mfischer@php.net
dev01:~# pecl version
PEAR Version: 1.6.1
PHP Version: 5.2.5-2
Zend Engine Version: 2.2.0
Thanks
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[2008-02-21 09:34:07] pierre dot php at gmail dot com
> " 1. libenchant prefix? : shared"> > It's saying prefix? and giving shared. Totally confusing.> > I would understand "Path to libenchant? : /usr" much better.
The syntax to build a module shared when built within the php src tree is: --with-foo=/usr,shared
Not very obvious but it is how it works.
> "1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue:"> What means "1-1" and "all" ?
No idea, which pear version do you use?
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[2008-02-21 08:30:20] mfischer@php.net
Good question. What confuses me is:
" 1. libenchant prefix? : shared"
It's saying prefix? and giving shared. Totally confusing.
I would understand "Path to libenchant? : /usr" much better.
The next line also was confusing:
"1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue:"
What means "1-1" and "all" ?
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[2008-02-21 07:30:24] pierre dot php at gmail dot com
"I though usually one would have to specify this explicitly anyway with some argument to
./configure?"
This is what the *pecl* command does when it asks you to fill this argument.
"Actually I think over the many years of all the extension I've installed it's the
first with an interactive dialog and thus I was very confused right from the start."
Because other does not have a correct package.xml. You have to explicitly tell pecl each argument it
has to ask (pressing enter will use the default).
"But I understand reason, now that I think twice, because with pecl itself you would not have a
way to pass the parameters I guess."
Exactly.
"Anyway, I think the question from ./configure is not clear in that matter. Thank you."
And how do you want it then?
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[2008-02-21 06:53:35] mfischer@php.net
It does now, yes. But could the actual dialog in the ./configure maybe made clearer?
Also, I though usually one would have to specify this explicitly anyway with some argument to
./configure? Actually I think over the many years of all the extension I've installed it's
the first with an interactive dialog and thus I was very confused right from the start. But I
understand reason, now that I think twice, because with pecl itself you would not have a way to pass
the parameters I guess.
Anyway, I think the question from ./configure is not clear in that matter. Thank you.
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