Re: 5 or 6?

Because it's --program-suffix and not --library-suffix. --Jani On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 11:29 +0200, Arnold Daniels wrote: > Hi, > > Why isn't the Apache module appended with the same suffix as the other > binaries (configuration option --program-suffix). It seems like the > logical solution here. That way you can have any different versions if > you want, but the default is just the overwrite. > > Best regards, > Arnold > > > > Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > >> I'd rather not have my old libphp#.so file over-written when I install > >> a new version, in case things go horribly wrong and I want to just > >> roll-back... > > > > Then you have the same reason to worry right now - every php5 install > > from 5.0.0 to 5.2.3 overwrites libphp5.so. > > > >> There was a time where one could have 2 php mod versions running at > >> once, as I recall, and having different filenames was kinda important, > >> eh? > > > > Well, there was a setting that kinda allowed that, but I'm not sure it > > ever worked correctly - there are all sorts of symbol clashes, etc. > > > > On the other hand, you can happily run two (or a dozen :) PHP versions > > right now - just install any FastCGI implementation, compile two > > cgi-fcgi PHPs and install. Only thing you would need to care about is > > to give them separate php.ini's and/or separate extension directories.