Subject: Re: PHP - problems with pear install & gd dependancy (+ fix)
To: Dave Tyson <Dave.Tyson@liverpool.ac.uk>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/01/2006 19:19:29
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:58:22AM +0000, Dave Tyson wrote:
> After a lot of messing about I looked at the pear script in /usr/pkg/bin.=
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> sets a few variables and then finally calls php so:
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> exec $PHP -C -q $INCARG -d output_buffering=3D1 -n $INCDIR/pearcmd.php "$=
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> However a quick look at the php man pages shows the -n option tells php
> 'No php.ini file will be used'
Yes - our pear package explicitly turns off parsing php.ini, because
that breaks pear module installation when safe_mode or open_basedir.
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> If you remove the -n option in the line then the pear install works fine =
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> the php.ini file is read and shows that gd is registered.=20
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> I don't much about php, but this looks like a bug in the pear script - ca=
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> someone who knows a bit more about php confirm this and I will send-pr it=
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> (unless they get there first)
This is not bug in NetBSD, so don't send via send-pr to us.
Send the bug report upstream, either to PHP maintainers or pear
maintainers - perhaps they would finally add 'ignore safe-mode
settings only' command line switch finally (they refused last time
I reported similar problem).
Jaromir
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Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org> http://www.NetBSD.cz/
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