RE: [PHP-CVS] Problem building php5 from cvs

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Dennis Sterzenbach wrote: > Adam Trachtenberg wrote: > > I'm pretty sure PHP 5 requires libxml2. I'm not sure you can > > --disable > > it. It's one of the changes between PHP 4 and PHP 5. The > > rewritten XML > > extensions require libxml2. > > > IMHO this is really sad, because if one *must* have installed libxml2 > version newer or equal to 2.5.0, you would exclude him and many others > from using PHP5. > Reason: > On a system like my RedHat7.3 you still don't have an official update > (in case for RH systems: provided using up2date) you neither can install > nor upgrade to that version, because it requires GLIBC 2.3 or newer. Download source RPM and give: rpm --rebuild libxml-2.5.10.src.rpm and you'll have homebuild RPMS in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS tada! Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------