[MacPorts] #37683: [php-pear] Would PHP BIN be FORCED to 'php'?

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#37683: [php-pear] Would PHP BIN be FORCED to 'php'?
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  Reporter:  zsnakevil@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Low          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  php-pear bin
      Port:               |
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Comment (by pixilla@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 zsnakevil@…]:
 > Mixed PEAR packages, both from MacPorts and 3rd parties channels, would
 be used. Such as //PHP_CompatInfo//, //phpDocumentor-alpha// (phpdoc2) and
 //PHPUnit// (latest v3.7.13, fresher than the port).

 The MacPorts pear ports install packages from many channels, in fact, all
 the channels I could find when I created all the ports. Here is a list of
 the channels I used:
 {{{
 $ ls ~/misc/sandbox/pear/pear/
 11abacus        crisscott       domain51        ezc             horde
 pat             pearplex        phpspec         psx             sc
 swift           typo3
 agavi           deepend         dotsunited      firephp         indeyets
 pdepend         phergie         phpuc           qubit           sikz
 symfony         zend
 arbit           digitalsandwich element-34      fluentdom       invenzzia
 pear            phing           phpunit         querypath       smarty
 symfony2        zero.mq
 aws             docblox         erebot          funkatron       michelf
 pearfarm        phpmd           piece           ragnaroek       solar
 timj            zz
 complexml       doctrine        eveyron         geometria-lab   openpear
 pearhub         phpseclib       pirum           sabredav        sugar
 twig
 }}}

  If ports need to be added or updated lets do that.

 There is no MacPorts port that installs the pear package manager
 application with the intent that it be used.


 > In that case, for **/usr/bin/php** has been used by **pear** as default,
 all installed command-line utilities from 3rd parties would continue to
 use **/usr/bin/php**!

 If this causes an issue with functionality then it should be fixed.
 Perhaps these few pear ports should have php version variants or subports.
 Are these command line ports depended on by other pear packages?

 > EVEN my active PHP version is the port **php54**.

 The "port select" mechanism is for convenience and I do not believe that
 any MacPorts ports are supposed to depend on the "active" port as in the
 port selected by "port select". We will need to make variants or subports
 for these command line utilities.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37683#comment:4>
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