php5 port

Scott Haneda talklists at newgeo.com
Fri Nov 21 18:21:46 PST 2008


On Nov 21, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Nov 21, 2008, at 18:51, Scott Haneda wrote:
>
>> Hello, I have in the past, successfully installed via ports apache2  
>> with php and mysql.  I have a friend who has been hobbling together  
>> his install, I think sprinkling a little CPAN, and a little Fink on  
>> the recipe as well.  IMO, over seasoning...
>
> Yes. It is not supported to mix MacPorts and Fink, and I can't think  
> of why you would need to manually use anything from CPAN. MacPorts  
> includes CPAN modules.
>
> Why is your friend not just typing "sudo port install php5"?
>
> Has your friend read the guide we have to installing Apache, PHP,  
> MySQL using MacPorts?
>
> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MAMP


Sorry, I guess I was not clear.  The php5 port for MacPorts has  
certain configure options to it.  Some that are needed for his  
environment are missing. For example, the php5 port does not have ldap  
support, etc etc.
--
Scott



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