On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 02:52:58PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: > Steve Langasek schrieb: > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:58:09PM +1000, Adam Conrad wrote: > >>> There is a circular dependency between php5-mysql and php5-mysqli:
> >>> php5-mysql :Depends: php5-mysqli (= 5.1.6-2) > >>> php5-mysqli :Depends: php5-mysql (= 5.1.6-2) > > Color me confused; why do we need two modules for this anyway? That seems > > rather bletcherous. > The mysql and mysqli module use different APIs, whoever is using the old > API (which many OS webapps do) needs the mysql module, while anyone > wanting to take full advantage of the more advanced MySQL features from > MySQL 5 needs to use the new mysqli module with the new API. Both > modules can happily coexist in the same apache instance. Ok, upstream retardation, par for the course. Understood, thanks. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
