Re: PHP on FreeBSD - Compiler Bugs and Option selection

On Saturday 10 September 2005 12:49, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- 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. > I meant to say that full credit should be given to Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> who made the suggestion to copy /usr/src/contrib/file/magic.h to /usr/include/magic.h and see if it works. Which it did. >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. 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