Must I use Fink?

Abram Gillespie abe.gillespie.lists at gmail.com
Thu Sep 27 14:05:58 PDT 2007


I'm under the gun right now.  I'll be able to try at least by Monday.
I'll let you know as soon as I do.

Thanks so much!
-Abe

On 9/27/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Sep 27, 2007, at 10:04, Chris Pickel wrote:
>
> > On 27 Sep, 2007, at 10:50, Abram Gillespie wrote:
> >> I haven't gotten any response as to how I go about getting the
> >> php_dbase extension for the php5 package.  Is it possible?  Should I
> >> just drop MacPorts and go back to Fink?
> >
> > I've attached a possible patch. Sync your ports repository, apply
> > it with "sudo patch `port file php` php5-dbase.patch", and then try
> > a "sudo port install php5 +dbase +whatever_else". I don't know
> > anything about dbase so I don't know if it'll work, but it's a try.
>
> Please don't desert us! :) I only hadn't responded because I wasn't
> familiar with dbase and had not yet had time to familiarize myself.
> Please let me know if the patch from Chris works and I'll be happy to
> incorporate it into the php5 portfile.
>
> BTW, his patching instructions should have read...
>
> sudo patch `port file php5` php5-dbase.patch
>
>



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