On Fedora Linux 8.
I have recently compiled php 5.2.4 with the following
configure options.
#! /bin/sh
#
# Created by configure
'./configure' \
'--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache-2.2.6/bin/apxs' \
'--prefix=/usr/local/php-5.2.4' \
'--enable-shared=all' \
'--with-pear=/usr/local/PEAR' \
...
/usr/local is on a seperate partition. So anything on that
partition should in theory survive an OS version upgrade.
My question is this:
When I recompile a newer version of php, eg. php 5.2.5, do I
need to use '--without-pear' as a configure option, to stop
the installation overwriting my fully configured PEAR
installation, in /usr/local/PEAR?
Or do I just leave php to install PEAR into the default
location:
--with-pear=DIR Install PEAR in DIR [PREFIX/lib/php]
and then delete it after the installation has finished?
I know that PEAR can get any updates to installed packages,
and that it can also update itself once it is set up.
I don't want to have to re-install and configure PEAR each
time I recompile a newer version of php.
Kind Regards & TIA
Keith Roberts
