php5 +postgresql install

Daniel J. Luke dluke at geeklair.net
Thu Oct 12 07:42:49 PDT 2006


On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> No, but let's talk about it.
>
> It always seemed to me that if you're building your own Apache,  
> you're probably building Apache 2, since Apple already provides a  
> perfectly serviceable Apache 1.

Macports version is usually updated faster, and you might want it  
linked against more-often updated macports libraries (like openssl).

> On the other hand, MacPorts philosophy has always been to install  
> its own software, even when Apple already provides the same  
> software, for good reasons which are explained elsewhere.

[snip]

> 3. Provide both options. Add a variant apple-apache[1] to use  
> Apple's Apache and let the apache variant build MacPorts's apache  
> port.

This is probably the best option (and similar to what I did for  
subversion).

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