Re: [gentoo-server] Compiling mod_php with postgresql support without emerging postgres ?

[Kerin Millar]

> Eventually I emerge both (mod_php & postgresql) and unmerged postgresql
> afterwards.
>
> Is that the way to do it ? Suggestions ?

I gather that you should unset the postgres flag thereafter also, at least
for  the mod_php ebuild. You can define flags on a per-package basis in
/etc/portage/package.use. If you do not do so, then portage may wish to
install PostgreSQL again during future updates.

My preferred approach would have been to pre-build a binary package which
is then distributed to the target host(s). One could then emerge --usepkg
mod_php, where the postgres flag remains permanently disabled on the
target host(s) in the manner described above.

Of course, if your installation was a one-off then it isn't really a
significant issue and, indeed, there is nothing wrong with your approach
in any case.

Regards,

--Kerin Francis Millar