Re: Where is the installer script?

It was removed because it was a hassle to maintain. Having an out of date setup script that did the wrong thing is worse than having no setup script. -Rasmus On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Kimsal wrote: > Something been on my mind for months: > > Why was the './setup' script removed from the PHP package? > I used to be able to run that, and answer questions, and I'd have PHP. > Now I have to manually run the './configure' with all the flags - as > there > are more flags to do, it becomes difficult. > > OK, OK. I can feel the flames on their way - 'newbie', 'luser', 'you > suck', > 'your [sic] too stupid to use PHP', etc. But PHP USED to have this, > and it was removed. Was there a tech reason for removing it? I'm not > stupid - > I've compiled this dozens of times, and can do it now OK, but > installation > was a topic at our last (first!) PHP user group, and others asked about > this as well. > > What happened? Is it there under a different name and I'm missing it? > > > -- > ========================== > Michael Kimsal > http://www.tapinternet.com > 734-480-9961 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >