Must I use Fink?

[Abram Gillespie]

Ryan,

Your older instructions from 9/27 worked perfectly.

Thanks for the help Ryan / MacPorts list!
-Abe

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 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
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