On November 29, 2012 12:24:05 PM Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Ray's message of 2012-11-29 11:33:13 -0800: > > Hello, > > I am trying to use the package php5-ps (version 1.3.6-7build1, amd64) with > > php5.4 (php5.4.6-1ubuntu1.1, amd64) both from the quantal repositories. > > (system is running kubuntu 12.10 amd64) Scripts using this functionality > > are seg faulting and dumping core (even sample code written by the > > original author). The source code contains incompatibilities with php 5.4 > > and I am wondering if this is a symptom of being built on a system that > > wasn't using php 5.4, or if there is another problem as well. > > The packages were rebuilt with the PHP 5.4 API: > > php-ps (1.3.6-7build1) quantal; urgency=low > > * No-change rebuild for phpapi change > -- Ilya Barygin <randomact...@ubuntu.com> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:03:13 +0400 > > (Thanks Ilya!) > > So its not that. However, it may very likely be this: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-ps/+bug/1024207 > > Which in turn mentions this bug: > > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=58211 > > Both have patches for php-ps to make them 64-bit compatible. I'm not > sure we would want to carry said patches in Ubuntu without upstream > acknowledging them. Thats a problem, because from what I'm seeing, > php-ps is woefully unmaintained. > > https://bugs.php.net/search.php?cmd=display&package_name[]=ps > > So, you probably will want to re-evaluate whether or not its a good idea > to make use of that particular extension (or perhaps you can contribute > to its maintenance in the PECL project). > > Meanwhile I've opened a grave bug against the Debian package, as it > should probably be removed from Debian and future Ubuntu releases if it > is in fact a dead upstream project. > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
wow Clint, I'm impressed. You add to a bug report on a bug that's probably 4 and a half years old and in about a day a fix has been uploaded to the debian repositories. How long untill the debian fix will be carried on into the Ubuntu repositories? Thanks again, Ray -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
