Re: Problem with PEAR installer and PECL extensions

Mika Tuupola wrote:

(I don't normally crosspost but I think this concerns both PEAR and PECL) While installing PDO I discovered a problem with PEAR installer which might need some addressing. It concerns dependencies and whether PECL code is considered as an extension or a package. The problem can be found when trying to install PDO and a driver for it. "pear install -f pdo" downloads and installs pdo just fine. Afterwards "pear list" shows pdo is installed. How ever trying to install a driver with "pear install -f pdo_xxx" fails with 'pdo' PHP extension is not installed As I said "pear list shows pdo is installed. The problem is PEAR installer consideres it as a package not an extension. The problem is fixed if <dep type="ext" rel="ge" version="0.1">pdo</dep> is changed to <dep type="pkg" rel="ge" version="0.1">pdo</dep> in the package.xml This however can be considered to be wrong since PECL should be though as extensions. Or can it be considered wrong? If not, the easy solution would just be to fix all the package.xml files.

IMO, a PECL Extension, is a PECL Package, therefore the <dep type="pkg" is valid. <dep type="ext" should only relate to bundled PHP extensions - Davey