On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 22:47 -0400, Brad Mettee wrote: > Ok, maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been. > > It wasn't that I didn't find php5-extensions, or even that it's difficult > to use, but actually tracking down the php5-extensions directory in the > first place was somewhat of a problem because there is no mention anywhere > of it in the lang/php5 doc files. I finally stumbled on a reference to it > in a 2 year old doc I found on google while looking for how to make .so > extension extensions be found by php.
Sometimes in these situations a little bit of lateral thinking can be helpful. A couple of quick searches may have found you what you wanted: %locate php | grep extension /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions/Makefile /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions/pkg-descr /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions/Makefile /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions/pkg-descr %cd /usr/ports && make quicksearch name=extension | grep -i php Port: php4-extensions-1.0 Path: /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions Info: A "meta-port" to install PHP extensions Port: php5-extensions-1.1 Path: /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions Info: A "meta-port" to install PHP extensions Alternatively pipe to less(1) rather than grep(1) and use its search (/) which can help to locate context-related information which might otherwise be hidden by the more rigid grep filtering. > There's also a couple of extensions > not in the php5-extensions list, but I found them as well (samba share, > "dir php5-* /ad /s" starting in the /usr/ports directory helped a lot). find(1) will help you kick that nasty MS-DOS habit: find /usr/ports -type d -name "php5-*" and even: ls -d /usr/ports/*/php5-* could help reduce gratuitous use of SMB. If you feel strongly enough that the existing documentation is inadequate, you always have the option of submitting a PR to suggest that it be changed, and also of submitting patches that implement your suggestion. Wayne _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"