Correct procedure for upgading from php4 to php5

[Mike Loiterman]

On Dec 19, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote:

> Mike Loiterman wrote:
>
>> What would be the correct way to upgrade from php4 to php5?
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> # portupgrade -rRno /usr/ports/www/mod_php5 mod_php4-4.4.1_3,1
>>
>> But that only shows that it would upgrade the mod_php4 port and skip
>> everything else:
>>
>> --->  Listing the results (+:done / -:ignored /  
>> *:skipped / !:failed)         - lang/perl5.8 (perl-5.8.7)          
>> - converters/libiconv (libiconv-1.9.2_1)         - textproc/expat2  
>> (expat-1.95.8_3)         - www/apache20 (apache-2.0.55_2)          
>> + www/mod_php5 (mod_php4-4.4.1_3,1)         - databases/php4-mysql  
>> (php4-mysql-4.4.1_3)         - devel/php4-tokenizer (php4- 
>> tokenizer-4.4.1_3)         - devel/php4-gettext (php4- 
>> gettext-4.4.1_3)         - archivers/php4-zlib (php4- 
>> zlib-4.4.1_3)         - sysutils/php4-posix (php4- 
>> posix-4.4.1_3)         - lang/php4-overload (php4- 
>> overload-4.4.1_3)         - archivers/php4-bz2 (php4- 
>> bz2-4.4.1_3)         - textproc/php4-xml (php4- 
>> xml-4.4.1_3)         - security/php4-mcrypt (php4- 
>> mcrypt-4.4.1_3)         - textproc/php4-ctype (php4- 
>> ctype-4.4.1_3)         - security/php4-mhash (php4- 
>> mhash-4.4.1_3)         - security/php4-openssl (php4- 
>> openssl-4.4.1_3)         - databases/adodb (adodb-4.68)         -  
>> graphics/phplot (phplot-4.4.6_2)         - converters/php4- 
>> mbstring (php4-mbstring-4.4.1_3)         - graphics/php4-gd (php4- 
>> gd-4.4.1_3)         - graphics/jpgraph (jpgraph-1.19)         -  
>> devel/php4-pcre (php4-pcre-4.4.1_3)         - www/php4-session  
>> (php4-session-4.4.1_3)         - www/eaccelerator  
>> (eaccelerator-0.9.4.r1_1)         - www/phpSysInfo  
>> (phpSysInfo-2.3)         - print/pecl-pdflib (pecl- 
>> pdflib-2.0.4)         - www/phpwiki (phpwiki-1.2.10_1)         -  
>> lang/php4-extensions (php4-extensions-1.0)         - www/gallery2  
>> (gallery2-2.0.2)         - mail/squirrelmail  
>> (squirrelmail-1.4.5_2)         - www/drupal (drupal-4.6.4)          
>> - databases/phpmyadmin (phpMyAdmin-2.7.0.1)
>>
>> How can I get it to upgrade the other php4 ports to their  
>> respective php5
>> versions?
>>
>>
>
> I assume lang/php4-extensions is installed?  What if you use a
> comparable command on that target?
>
> Incidentally:  as you probably know, several of the packages
> listed (e.g. squirrelmail, phpwiki, gallery, etc.) are independent
> of your PHP version and would only be "upgraded" if newer
> versions have been released, AFAIK.
>
> Kevin Kinsey
>
> -- 
> A yawn is a silent shout.
> 		-- G. K. Chesterton
>

I think at this point, I'll probably leave well enough.  From what  
I've seen, I'm probably not going to be gaining much by upgrading.

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