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To add to Kerin's comments, here is some clarity on dev-lang/php4 and |
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dev/lang/php5. The brilliant thing about the new system is that you can |
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run php4 and php5 on the same system without conflicts associated with |
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this setup. |
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# emerge dev-lang/php will install the current version of php5. However, |
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to determine what needs installed, you'll need one of the following use |
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flags: |
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apache2: Chooses Apache2 support (builds mod_php) |
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cli: Builds the command line SAPI |
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cgi: Builds the CGI SAPI |
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To add php4 support, you'll want to specify the most recent php4 |
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package: |
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# emerge =dev-lang/php-4.4.1-r3 |
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To set what packages uses you have for php4/php5, you'll want to use |
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php-select tool, which will automatically be installed with dev-lang/php |
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as a dependency. For example, setting mod_php4 as the default for |
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apache2 would be done like this: |
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# php-select apache2 php4 && /etc/init.d/apache2 restart |
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Having support of both is quite important if you run software that |
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depends on a specific version of php. Some PEAR libs are still not |
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working under php5, so php4 support is vital until... |
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My current server configuration is as follows: |
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CLI SAPI: php5 |
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CGI SAPI: php5 |
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Apache2: mod_php4 (Fast and Stable, doesn't die on multiple PEAR bugs) |
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Wendall |
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On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 18:18 +0000, Kerin Millar wrote: |
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> On 09/02/06, LYL <lyl+gentoo@××××.com> wrote: |
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> > dev-lang/php is php v5.0 up, while dev-php/php is php4 |
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> > |
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> That's not correct. Just to make it perfectly clear - *anyone* who is |
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> currently using dev-php/{php,mod_php} in any shape or form should |
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> migrate to dev-lang/php as soon as possible The former ebuilds are |
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> emphatically dead and *completely* unsupported and will eventually |
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> disappear from the portage tree! Indeed, other packages marked stable |
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> will assume the usage of dev-lang/php. Almost anything to do with PEAR |
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> uses a revision of the php-pear eclass which depends on dev-lang/php |
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> for example. |
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> |
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> However, as Christopher remarked earlier in the thread, it is |
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> necessary to mask out php-5 if you want to stick with php-4 (for the |
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> simple reason that php-5 is marked stable). |
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> Further reading: |
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> http://tinyurl.com/9qwy7 |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/php/php-upgrading.xml |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/php |
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> |
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> I'd also suggest reading |
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> http://svn.gnqs.org/projects/gentoo-php-overlay/wiki/CommonQuestions#DoYouRecommendAnyUSEFlags. |
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> Further questions are best directed towards the #gentoo-php channel on freenode. |
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> Cheers, |
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> |
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> --Kerin |
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