macports and specific build

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 12, 2006, at 16:32, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> I believe php4 comes with it's own copy of gd that gets statically  
> linked in when you use the +gd variant.
>
> I don't really use php, so I can't comment as to whether or not it  
> would be a good idea to have the port depend on a macports-supplied  
> gd or if it's better to just use the php-provided version.

Yes, php includes gd, and this gd is preferred to any other. See  
http://www.php.net/gd :

> Note:  Since PHP 4.3 there is a bundled version of the GD lib. This  
> bundled version has some additional features like alpha blending,  
> and should be used in preference to the external library since its  
> codebase is better maintained and more stable.

So we should continue to use the gd included in the php distribution,  
and not make php look at any gd port.