Ah, I can see the light now :-). /usr/bin/php problem is fixed in latest PHP, it was reintroduced at least in 5.2.0-1.
And problem with PEAR and memory limit is caused by '-n' switch which causes PHP not to read any .INI file at all. It will be fixed in next upload of PHP. Ondrej. -- Ondřej Surý <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>