CLI Problems

Hi, I have incorporated PEAR into every project I can, and have run into a whole host of problems since the security problem was discovered in November. Prior to then, I had been using the Web interface and installing a local copy on a shared host. After the security vulnerability was fixed, my 20 PEAR projects have been stranded. I have been able to request shell access from the hoster, but with the CLI I have yet found a successful configuration. I get an error message saying that I cannot install a local copy of pear without a previously existing copy of PEAR. The hoster is running an older version of PEAR, but I cannot update the packages because it is a system-wide installation of PEAR bundled with PHP--and I do not, nor will I, have access to the that portion of the server. I can install packages, list, delete, etc. All of the PEAR CLI commands work fine, excepting that I cannot install anything that requires PEAR as a dependency. So, Mail is fine, but DB is out of the question--as well as the updated version of PEAR. It requires a previous version of PEAR. Is there a way to set the pear config file to use the system version of PEAR as the base so I can install a complete and current version of PEAR locally for each project? If this is a developer's list question, please let me know. I joined that list, as well. I hate the thought of NOT using PEAR in my projects--using my old code to replace PEAR seems like such a digression . . . . Thanks, in advance for any help. -Tim --------------------------------------- * Timothy Marsolais * * http://www.Technology-Works.Net * * 916.996.6542 * * Build Projects that Matter * ---------------------------------------