PHP on FreeBSD - Compiler Bugs and Option selection

Hi ale I just wanted to check you had received OK the two compiler errors that I reported for /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions. The first error was apparently caused by make expecting libmagic in an incorrect path for FreeBSD 5.3. Once a copy was placed in the correct path compilation resumed. The second error seems also to be caused by an inability to find requisite files for wddx. ext/xml/expat_compat.h ext/xml/php As a result of compiling php5 I began to wonder whether it would be helpful to users if : drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 May 2 07:06 php5-cli drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Sep 9 18:00 php5-extensions drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 May 28 10:06 php_doc were more integrated as choices within make for php5. I would personally find it helpful if all the build options for php could be in an editable file for sysadmins to define a repeatable unattended build from all available build options. A closer integration of the subsidiary php5 ports into the php5 make would facilitate this process. I do not not how welcome these proposals might be or how easy it would be to make the changes but would be interested to know what others think. Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> made a very interesting suggestion that he uses on his servers to achieve the above goal. He uses /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf for that purpose but my preference would be to have a method that is particular to php and does not lead to an overloading of /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. I have copied Norbeto's example below: ****************** Quote******************************* -if you want to avoid having to choose by hand what you really -want( or have it preconfigured so all you have to do is press OK, then -use something like /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf which will be read by -portinstall (sysutils/port-maintenance-tools/) -my relevant sections for my servers are: - ---- -     'php4-*' =- [ -         'WITH_APACHE2=true', -         'WITHOUT_DEBUG=true', -         'WITH_BCMATH=true', -         'WITH_BZ2=true', -         'WITHOUT_CALENDAR=true', -         'WITH_CRACK=true', -         'WITH_CTYPE=true', -         'WITHOUT_CURL=true', -         'WITH_DBA=true', -         'WITHOUT_DBASE=true', -         'WITHOUT_DBX=true', -         'WITHOUT_DIO=true', -         'WITHOUT_DOMXML=true', -         'WITHOUT_EXIF=true', -         'WITHOUT_FILEINFO=true', -         'WITHOUT_FILEPRO=true', -         'WITHOUT_FRIBIDI=true', -         'WITH_FTP=true', -         'WITH_GD=true', -         'WITHOUT_GETTEXT=true', -         'WITHOUT_GMP=true', -         'WITHOUT_ICONV=true', -         'WITHOUT_IMAGICK=true', -         'WITHOUT_IMAP=true', -         'WITHOUT_INTERBASE=true', -         'WITHOUT_LDAP=true', -         'WITH_MBSTRING=true', -         'WITHOUT_MCAL=true', -         'WITH_MCRYPT=true', -         'WITHOUT_MCVE=true', -         'WITH_MHASH=true', -         'WITHOUT_MING=true', -         'WITHOUT_MNOGOSEARCH=true', -         'WITHOUT_MSSQL=true', -         'WITH_MYSQL=true', -         'WITHOUT_NCURSES=true', -         'WITHOUT_ODBC=true', -         'WITHOUT_OPENSSL=true', -         'WITHOUT_ORACLE=true', -         'WITH_OVERLOAD=true', -         'WITHOUT_PANDA=true', -         'WITHOUT_PCNTL=true', -         'WITH_PCRE=true', -         'WITHOUT_PDF=true', -         'WITHOUT_PGSQL=true', -         'WITH_POSIX=true', -         'WITHOUT_PSPELL=true', -         'WITHOUT_READLINE=true', -         'WITHOUT_RECODE=true', -         'WITH_SESSION=true', -         'WITH_SHMOP=true', -         'WITHOUT_SNMP=true', -         'WITHOUT_SOCKETS=true', -         'WITHOUT_SYBASE_CT=true', -         'WITH_SYSVMSG=true', -         'WITH_SYSVSEM=true', -         'WITH_SYSVSHM=true', -         'WITH_TOKENIZER=true', -         'WITHOUT_WDDX=true', -         'WITH_XML=true', -         'WITHOUT_XMLRPC=true', -         'WITH_XSLT=true', -         'WITHOUT_YAZ=true', -         'WITHOUT_YP=true', -         'WITH_ZIP=true', -         'WITH_ZLIB=true', -         ], -     'php4-dba-*' =- [ -         'WITH_CDB=true', -         'WITH_DB4=true', -         'WITH_GDBM=true', -         'WITH_INIFILE=true', -         'WITH_FLATFILE=true', -         ], -     'php4-gd-*' =- [ -         'WITH_T1LIB=true', -         'WITH_TRUETYPE=true', -         'WITHOUT_JIS=true', -         'WITH_LZW=true', -         ], -     'php4-mbstring-*' =- [ -         'WITH_REGEX=true', -         ], *************End Quote*************************** I also wonder why the Makefile, by default, uses the --disable-all option in the Makefile with no option to remove it. I would be interested in what others have to say and would like to place on record my appreciation for all your work in maintaining the ports. david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.