--On October 14, 2007 4:48:54 PM -0500 Josh Tolbert
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It really is pretty straightforward. You have to get rid of _all_
of php4 before you install php5, then make sure the portsdb is
straightened out. I'm not sure why folks are having so much trouble
with this...
Well, I'll tell you why *I* had trouble with it. When you run "make
install clean" on the php?-extensions port, it *installs* the extensions.
Naturally, I expected that when I ran the uninstall, it would uninstall
the same ports that it installed previously. In fact, when you uninstall
the php4-extensions port, it *says* it uninstalled, but it *does* nothing.
It doesn't even remove the ports from the ports db - nor does it remove
the files installed with each extension port.
That's *not* expected behavior for a port.
I had no problem correcting the problem, but I should have had to. If
it's not possible to uninstall the extensions ports from php4-extensions,
then it should tell you that when you try to run deinstall. For me it was
a minor inconvenience. For a newbie, it could be a disaster.
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
