Re: Pear installer doesn't work

Lorenzo Alberton wrote: > Hi Bertrand, > >> When I try to install a package, I now get this error message: >> >> MBP233:~ bertrand$ pear install -f xml_rpc >> downloading XML_RPC-1.5.1.tgz ... >> >> Notice: Undefined variable: php_errormsg in PEAR/Downloader.php on >> line 1498 >> Could not download from >> "http://pear.php.net/get/XML_RPC-1.5.1.tgz", >> cannot >> download "pear/xml_rpc" >> Error: cannot download "pear/XML_RPC" >> >> Is this some configuration option I missed ? > > a hint: > > $php_errormsg is a variable containing the text of the last error > message generated by PHP. This variable will only be available within > the scope in which the error occurred, and only if the track_errors > configuration option is turned on (it defaults to off). > > maybe you can enable that option and see what the actual error is... track_errors is enabled in pearcmd.php using ini_set(), so it looks like ini_set('track_errors', 1) is not working on OS X in PHP 5.2. Let us know what you figure out. Thanks, Greg