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[PHP-DEV] Re: [PEAR-DEV] --with-pear[=DIR] patch From: Stig Sæther Bakken (ssb <email protected>)
Date: 04/09/01

[Jon Parise <jon <email protected>>]
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:21:50PM -0400, Stig Sther Bakken wrote:
>
> > 1. Using --datadir to determine where PEAR PHP files go. With
> > --datadir=/usr/share or --datadir=/usr/share/php, PHP architecture
> > independent files go to /usr/share/php, and PEAR's PHP files go to
> > /usr/share/php/pear.
> >
> > I've added your --with-pear option to override this.
> >
> > 2. Using --libdir to determine where extensions go. With
> > --libdir=/usr/lib or --libdir=/usr/lib/php, extensions are
> > installed in /usr/lib/php/<APIVER>. I've also shortened the
> > <APIVER> part so "no-debug" and "non-zts" are skipped. The
> > alternatives are now "20001222", "20001222-zts", "20001222-debug"
> > and "20001222-zts-debug".
>
> Both of these sounds good to me.
>
> > 3. Using --sysconfdir to determine php.ini path. The default is now
> > $prefix/etc.
>
> Would this be a replacement for --with-config-file-path?

It sets a default, and you can make do with only --sysconfdir, but
right now --with-config-file-path overrides it.

> > 4. The CGI version of PHP is always built and installed.
>
> I assume that would --bindir, right?

Yup.

> > Let me know if you have any problems with these changes. They should
> > make it a lot easier for distributions to build PHP, because we
> > conform more to de-facto build conventions (at least on Linux). Also
> > you won't have to re-run configure and make to build the CGI in order
> > to run tests, the PEAR installer etc.
>
> I think you're proposed changes cover a lot more (useful) ground than
> my simple patch. Go for it! =)

I'm going, I'm going. :-)

 - Stig 

-- 
  Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb <email protected>>
  Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway

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