PHP5 activation error

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 2, 2007, at 10:58, Michael Jackson wrote:

> I tried upgrading php5 this morning, but ran into the following error:
>
> --->  Activating php5 5.2.3_0+apache2+darwin_8+macosx+mysql5+pear 
> +postgresql+sqlite
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/ 
> local/lib/php/.registry/structures_graph.reg already exists and  
> does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port php5.
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> Any ideas what the problem is here? Obviously it has something to  
> do with the Structures_Graph PEAR package. Should I just delete  
> that registry file? Any help is much appreciated.

PEAR support was removed from the php5 portfile because of constant  
problems with files in /opt/local/lib/php already existing and not  
belonging to a registered port. But sometime later, someone insisted  
on bringing PEAR support back to the php5 portfile as a variant. I'm  
not using PEAR at this time, but if I ever start using it again, I'll  
be sure to install it manually, completely separate from MacPorts,  
and I recommend you do the same, and not use the +pear variant. I  
just don't feel it's right to have things like PEAR messing around in  
a directory tree (/opt/local) that MacPorts wants to completely control.