freebsd stable - Aug 2008 - changing a ports final destination via make knobs question...

Greetings,
Given that the folks at PHP have decided that no one is allowed
to use PHP4 any longer. I've decided to *attempt* to install a copy
of PHP5 (cgi only) along side my already installed/configured, and
in use copy of PHP4 (apache_module, CLI, & CGI). I spent some time
attempting to find successful stories regarding my attempt. But all
were for different OS's, and most were *quite* dated. So I took a
stab at it, after looking at the Makefile in lang/php5. But it did
*NOT* end up where I thought it would. In fact, it clobbered
some of my PHP4 install. SO, please find here my desperate plea
for the make knob(s)/env options required to install a copy of
PHP5 (CGI) beside my already installed/working PHP4. I had tried/
hoped to simply create a --prefix=php5/, thinking that I'd end up
with: /usr/local/bin/php5/(php-cgi, phpize, php-config), and
/usr/local/etc/php5/php-ini-*, /usr/local/include/php5/*,
/usr/local/lib/php5/*. by way of the ports system. But I *clearly*
didn't set things correctly.

*Any* help/advice would be *GREATLY* appreciated.

Thank you for all your time and consideration.

--Chris

chris#@1command.com wrote:
> Greetings,
> Given that the folks at PHP have decided that no one is allowed
> to use PHP4 any longer. I've decided to *attempt* to install a copy
> of PHP5 (cgi only) along side my already installed/configured, and
> in use copy of PHP4 (apache_module, CLI, & CGI). I spent some time
> attempting to find successful stories regarding my attempt. But all
> were for different OS's, and most were *quite* dated. So I took a
> stab at it, after looking at the Makefile in lang/php5. But it did
> *NOT* end up where I thought it would. In fact, it clobbered
> some of my PHP4 install. SO, please find here my desperate plea
> for the make knob(s)/env options required to install a copy of
> PHP5 (CGI) beside my already installed/working PHP4. I had tried/
> hoped to simply create a --prefix=php5/, thinking that I'd end up
> with: /usr/local/bin/php5/(php-cgi, phpize, php-config), and
> /usr/local/etc/php5/php-ini-*, /usr/local/include/php5/*,
> /usr/local/lib/php5/*. by way of the ports system. But I *clearly*
> didn't set things correctly.
>
> *Any* help/advice would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
>
> Thank you for all your time and consideration.
>
> --Chris
>
>
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This should probably go on freebsd-questions list

Try *make **PREFIX=/usr/local/php5* and *make install 
**PREFIX=/usr/local/php5*

I did this to get php4 working as a cgi with php5 installed regularly as 
mod_php. Seems to work ok.  * *

Quoting Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>:
> Hi--
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:42 PM, chris#@1command.com wrote:
>> Given that the folks at PHP have decided that no one is allowed
>> to use PHP4 any longer. I've decided to *attempt* to install a copy
>> of PHP5 (cgi only) along side my already installed/configured, and
>> in use copy of PHP4 (apache_module, CLI, & CGI).
> [ ... ]
>>
>> *Any* help/advice would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
>
> You might consider doing your builds and testing on another machine  
> entirely, to avoid disrupting a system which is in use.
Quite right! But a couple of reasons I elected to do it anyway;
* I have a *good* backup schedule
* This server is scheduled for upgrade (source && ports)
So if anything went too terribly wrong, nothing is lost.
Also, it only clobbered some of the includes, and ini files.
Given that I had no reason to add any more extensions/libs to
the PHP4 version, no harm done. PHP4 runs as it did prior to
the PHP5 experiment. :)
>
> Another option to consider is using a chroot'ed environment or jail  
> using $DESTDIR (cf /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.destdir.mk).  Finally, if 
> neither  of the previous seems to suit, then you can change where 
> ports are  installed by adjusting $LOCALBASE.
I'll have a close look at $LOCALBASE. That sounds like a good
candidate. With any luck, it'll also cover extensions, ini(s), and
related libs. :)

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

--Chris
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> -Chuck
>
>

Hi--

On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:42 PM, chris#@1command.com wrote:
> Given that the folks at PHP have decided that no one is allowed
> to use PHP4 any longer. I've decided to *attempt* to install a copy
> of PHP5 (cgi only) along side my already installed/configured, and
> in use copy of PHP4 (apache_module, CLI, & CGI).
[ ... ]
>
> *Any* help/advice would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
You might consider doing your builds and testing on another machine  
entirely, to avoid disrupting a system which is in use.

Another option to consider is using a chroot'ed environment or jail  
using $DESTDIR (cf /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.destdir.mk).  Finally, if neither  
of the previous seems to suit, then you can change where ports are  
installed by adjusting $LOCALBASE.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck