Re: php, pear and rpm

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 17:29, Blues wrote: > Since rpm-4.1 (next version) there will be in official rpm script to > generate dependencies in pear packages, which I made for PLD. This looks like a very nice script. I am definately looking forward to using it my packages. However, I do have two issues with it. First, IMHO the dependencies should be php(foo) not pear(foo). This follows the perl model, where you depend on perl(foo) rather than cpan(foo). Second, it generates bogus dependencies on php(parent). The parent::foo construct is a language feature, implemented by the Zend Engine. there can never be a class named parent, nor will any package provide a class named parent. Additionally, looking at your spec files, I would suggest that the main php package provide php(stdClass), as this is actually provided by the Zend Engine. php(stdClass) is coded into the engine, as opposed to being written in PHP. Please realizes this is just me nitpicking. The scripts look great, and should make it much easier for vendors to ship pear modules. Thanks. Peter