Must I use Fink?

[Ryan Schmidt]

You're right, the php5 port doesn't have a dbase variant yet.

To see where the php5 portfile is on your hard drive, type:

port file php5

To copy it to a new directory "php5" in your home directory, for  
example, type:

mkdir ~/php5
cp `port file php5` ~/php5

Then you can edit ~/php5/Portfile as desired and to install it, you  
type:

cd ~/php5
sudo port install

Or add variants as desired, e.g.:

sudo port install +apache2


On May 5, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Abram Gillespie wrote:

> This is waaay old but I'm finally getting around to this (read: the
> client is paying).  I've since updated to Macports 1.6.  Is this
> custom port still necessary (I assume so since I still don't see a
> dbase option)?  If so, I want to use a combo of patching and setting
> up a local port (so I don't fubar the clean port).  I assume I don't
> just grab php5 source and dump it into a local directory and point
> sources.conf at it.  I'm sure a get a copy of the port, place it
> locally, patch it, then follow
> http://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories.  How do I
> go about getting a local copy of the php5 port.  Also, am I missing
> anything?
>
> Thank you for all the help!  And I'll be sure to report back my  
> experience.
>
> -Abe
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 5:05 PM, Abram Gillespie
> <abe.gillespie.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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