failed php4 install...can't figure this one out

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:44:17 +0000
Mikkel Christensen <mikkel at talkactive.net> wrote:

> On Thursday 29 April 2004 17:42, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > 
> > [ 72 chars / line, please ]
> > 
> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:17:48 +0000
> > Mikkel Christensen <mikkel at talkactive.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thursday 29 April 2004 16:22, Jason Williams wrote:
> > > > After that, I tried installing the following port:
> > > > 
> > > > /usr/ports/lang/php4
> > > > 
> > > > Granted, i'm not entirely familiar with php and noticed there are
> > > > quite a few variations of what i can install.
> > > > When it came down to selecting what I wanted to build PHP with, I
> > > > left the defaults selected, but made sure GD and MySQL were
> > > > selected.
> > [..]
> > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > You should not install ports directly from the /usr/ports/lang
> > > directory.
> > 
> > You are wrong all the way. Pleas don't FUD people if you have no clue.
> > Take a look at the Makefile first.
> > 
> 
> Thats was why I wrote "my guess is"... I'm not telling anyone how things are.

Please start the reply with those words then; other may miss as I did, sorry.
    Thanks.

There are no such ports that "other ports use in a combination" the way
you see it; if an dependence is not being pulled out automatically that
means the port is broken, which is not the case, AFAIK. At least on one
of my 5.x system I've installed today.


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