[php-maint] Possible to include GMP in libapache2-mod-php5?

[sean finney]

On Wednesday 25 July 2007 03:18:27 am Raphael Geissert wrote:
> > The bad thing I most worry about is php5 being updated and the module no
> > longer loading and having to touch every machine whenever there's a php
> > update.

yeah, i hear ya.  something else that might work for you is to install the 
php5-dev package, and try building the extension outside of the packaging (so 
it won't disappear during upgrades).  you shouldn't need to update the 
extension during package upgrades, unless you go from like etch->lenny.

> > Ideally, I'd love to see an actual php5-gmp package or gmp added to the
> > compile-time options in the official package. Is this a possibility?
>
> I don't think built-in functionality would be provided in any case
> (I'm speaking for myself because I'm not a PHP package maintainer).
> This kind of requests are usually filled by sending a 'bug report' to
> the virtual 'wnpp' package [1].

my memory is a little fuzzy on this, but iirc there was some kind of licensing 
problem with gmp/PHP (like it being GPL'd but linking against PHP, or 
something like that).  if someone wants to look into this again and can 
verify that there isn't a problem we can re-evaluate the situation wrt 
packaging it.


	sean
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