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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@××××××××××.jp>
To: gentoo-server@××××××××××××.org
Cc: gentoo-server@××××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] mod_php 5 mask
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:53:50
Message-Id: 424B7448.6080809@work-at.co.jp
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] mod_php 5 mask by Pingveno
1 Pingveno wrote:
2 > I'm trying to build a test server for a web application that
3 > specificially needs the features of PHP 5. I couldn't help but notice
4 > mod_php is *hard masked*. Hard masking can be gotten around easily, but
5 > I'm scratching my head over this reason:
6 >
7 > # Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o> (12th march 2005)
8 > # automatically activates ZTS mode when any threaded MPMs are installed,
9 > # even if mpm_prefork is the default
10 > =dev-php/mod_php-5*
11 >
12 >
13 > What does this mean? I've seen mod_php 5 working on a production server,
14 > so apparently it can be done. Is it safe to unmask? Are there plans to
15 > take the hard mask off in the near future?
16
17 The statement means that php5 activates threading within itself even if
18 apache is not running threaded. Not certain but I'd say that that is a
19 problem because many php modules are still unfriendly to threading.
20
21 Regards,
22 Jason Stubbs
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