A patch for installing php5 -macosx +apache

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 28, 2007, at 16:02, js wrote:

>> What OS are you running? Are you on Mac OS X 10.3.9? Do you have / 
>> usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5?
>
> I'm using OS X 10.4.9 and have /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.dylib.

Weird. I wonder why you're seeing this problem, then, and I'm not.  
When configuring php5, I get:

checking for Kerberos support... /usr
checking for krb5-config... /usr/bin/krb5-config

and also:

checking for IMAP Kerberos support... /usr

I don't have the kerberos5 port installed. Perhaps you already did,  
and it found that instead?


>> It looks like there used to be an +imap variant that did this, but it
>> and many other variants were removed two years ago and those options
>> were made the default:
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/11347
>>
>> I think I'll bring some of those variants back because I don't agree
>> with this decision. Or can anyone explain why this was done back
>> then? The idea is that variants should not be made for things that
>> "everyone" will want, but not everyone wants or needs support for
>> tidy or imap.
>
> I think the more options the better and the smaller the better ;)

I disagree with an unqualified "the more options the better." I go to  
the store to buy toothpaste and it takes me ten minutes to try and  
evaluate the hundreds of different kinds available. There's teeth- 
whitening, plaque-fighting, tartar-control, breath-freshening,  
multicare, extra-sensitive, cavity-protecting, gel, paste, striped,  
with baking soda and countless other varieties -- and that's just  
Crest. It's impossible to know how to decide which to get. All I want  
to do is clean my teeth. More options = bad. Fewer options = good.  
More specifically: a few well-selected options are better than a  
whole lot of options. This is why Apple's remote [1] is so good  
compared to everyone else's, such as Microsoft's [2]. This is why  
MacPorts exists, so that you don't have to look at every arcane ./ 
configure option a given software package makes available, and only  
need to look at the few carefully-selected variants that the port  
author has chosen to provide.

But I think the odds that someone will want to use Tidy or IMAP  
functions with PHP is not sufficiently high to justify their  
inclusion in the default configuration, so I've moved them back to  
variants. From now on, if you want Tidy functions, add +tidy. If you  
want IMAP functions, add +imap.

I have not yet resolved the kerberos5 issue. But, if you don't need  
IMAP functions in PHP, then you just don't select the +imap variant  
and can bypass the problem for now.


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Remote

[2] http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ 
productdetails.aspx?pid=065