Re: Installation
| From: | Damien Mc Kenna | Date: | Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:40:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Installation | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.pear |
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At 10:53 AM 2/29/00, you wrote:
> Dependencies should first of all be between PEAR packages. Dependencies
> to other things like special PHP versions or compile-time options, or
> external programs, should IMHO be documented, but should not prevent you
> from installing a PEAR package. Maybe a warning or something.
In that case, what if you installed a package that eg required the
mcrypt package but you didn't have it compiled in? Would it be up
to the individual PEAR package to recognize it during runtime or
should the installation fail? I'd vote for an installation fail.
Damien Mc Kenna, Computer Science Student Married to Jen Parent of 4 cats
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