On 6/25/20 5:39 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > On 2020-06-25 12:32 p.m., Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >> On 6/25/20 5:12 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: >>> On 2020-06-25 11:42 a.m., Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >>>> On 6/25/20 4:17 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: >>>>> Just pointing here to a report of a missing required file for PHP >>>>> mapscript: >>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mapserver/+bug/1884854 I >>>>> can't find a result for that filename 'mapscript.php' in the >>>>> php-mapscript-ng package >>>>> https://packages.debian.org/unstable/php-mapscript-ng >>>> >>>> The file is not installed as part of the build process, this installs >>>> the results of `make install`. >>> >>> That statement is correct, the file 'mapscript.php' will not be >>> installed as part of the scripted build process; therefore the ticket >>> and my message here is to report/ask to have this generated file, that >>> will be built alongside 'php_mapscriptng.so' in the build path, to be >>> included in the next package. >> >> Why not fix this upstream? >> >> The buildlogs don't show swig generating mapscript.php either, so I >> don't see what we can do for the package. >> > > It should be generated in the same directory as php_mapscriptng.so (at > least on my local Ubuntu). Odd to hear that is not the case, but I will > try to confirm this on Buster. > > (in summary: the package 'php-mapscript-ng' cannot be used without this > file 'mapscript.php', as it contains all of the MapServer constants and > functions. Users of this package should be informed of this, otherwise > they will be trying something that is impossible without including that > file)
If the file is so essential, why doesn't `make install` install it? >From what I gather this should really be fixed upstream. Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1
