Re: Modfication to pear install procedure (was Re: [PEAR-DEV] Error with PhpDocumentor!)

Greg, with last version of Archive_Tar package it is possible to extract a file "in memory" (in a string variable) and work on it , without having to extract all the archive and use temporary file ($value=$archive->extractInString("package.xml");). I know Stig was waiting for this feature. It might be for this kind of function. However the archive must be first downloaded locally before the extract can be done. And I don't know enought about the installer to see if it can be done ... Hope this helps, Vincent "Greg Beaver" <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote in message news:20030625170451.4623.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > The problem with the current method of installation is that the package must > be extracted before dependencies can be determined. A possible solution > (which would be very worthwhile to implement) would be to extract the > package.xml file at the server and send that before the download occurs, so > that failure on dependencies can happen prior to download. In this way, we > could add a dependency on Archive_Tar 1.1 and it would actually work. > > Comments? > Greg > > "Olivier Hill" <ohill@php.net> wrote in message > news:3EF9CE4C.5090007@php.net... > > Joshua Eichorn wrote: > > > try pear upgrade Archive_Tar and pear > > > upgrade PEAR before doing the > > > install > > > > Ok, it works, thanks. > > > > Would there be a way to detect those dependences? Something like RPM does? > > > > Oliver > > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >