Re: [tlug] Upgrading to PHP5 on Fedora

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Dave" writes:

'./configure' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
'--target=i386-redhat-linux' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' 
'--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' 
'--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' 
'--libdir=/usr/lib'  ... and so on and so on.

    Dave> Are these all configurations that I would need to run if I
    Dave> do any upgrade or install?

No, for three different reasons depending on the way you do the
upgrade/install.

1)  If the upgrade is a binary RPM, the configure step was done for you
    by your vendor, Red Hat, and the configuration is built in to your
    program.  The information you see in that display is purely for
    documentation purposes.

2)  If the upgrade is a source RPM, the configure step will be done
    for you automatically by rpm.  The configuration will be
    automatically incorporated in the package as documentation.

3)  If you are going to build it yourself, then all of the options you
    posted are *wrong*!  The --host, --build, and --target options
    should be tuned to the host you will build and use the program on;
    this is most easily done by building on the same host that will run
    the program and letting configure figure that out for itself (ie,
    don't specify any of those options).

    The various directories specified above are all system
    directories, and you are likely to confuse your package manager if
    you install any files into them.  Instead, you would use the
    --prefix option to install in a non-conflicting place.  In your
    case, since you have in the past discussed hosting several
    different versions at the same time, I would suggest something
    like '--prefix=/usr/local/mysql-5+php-5', and the rest ofthe
    directories would be computed by configure from that prefix.


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