From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The problem with the ports version of php, and I did try that > the first time I setup the box, was the dependency list was > huge and it installed a whole bunch of stuff that I didn't > really need/want. The php install took almost a full day of > downloading/compliling and installing applications. It > seemed like it installed everything but the kitchen sink.
It really shouldn't have been that much to it. Base php doesn't have an overload of dependencies. Why ports? Setting up php via *packages* is fast. Not sure if a ports install really gives you anything the package won't. The reason it shouldn't be that involved is that the extra fluff (php-mysql, php-ldap, php-gd, etc.) is implemented as an extension; so if you only need base php, plus php-mysql, you're looking at those two packages plus the smaller list of dependencies needed by php. Go the packages route, set $PKG_PATH appropriately, and you'll have no headaches. DS
