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oksofar

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Registered: 2009-12-31

Posts: 6

cannot build php-cgi package

I need to build php-cgi with a certain compile option.

After searching the Arch site, I decided that I needed to install ABS and modify the PKGBUILD file for php-cgi.

I discovered that there is no php-cgi directory in /var/abs/..., so I looked in /var/abs/php/PKGBUILD. I found this at the beginning of PKGBUILD:

pkgbase=php
pkgname=('php'
         'php-cgi'
         [SNIP]...
         'php-xsl')

So I tried: makepkg -d --pkg php-cgi

(I had to add "-d" or the build would quit for dependencies that are not really necessary)

I thought this would look the same as doing pacman -S php-cgi. But it was quite different.

At first, makepkg tried to compile all the packages in the PKGBUILD file. It wanted me to install "dependencies" that I don't want. That's why I added the "-d" option.

I got all kinds of messages that don't happen when I just run pacman. I had to install some packages that the simple pacman command didn't require (such as curl).

Eventually it aborted with "cannot find enchant". I don't know where to go from here.

So what am I doing wrong? How do I compile and install php-cgi without getting all the messages? Why do I have to turn off dependencies?

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: cannot build php-cgi package

Did you try modifying the dependencies in the PKGBUILD instead of using makepkg's -d flag?

oksofar

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Registered: 2009-12-31

Posts: 6

Re: cannot build php-cgi package

I see that I should have posted this topic in the "PKGBUILDs & ABS Support" forum. I should probably remove it from this forum and repost.

If so, how do I do that?

thanks.

Pierre

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From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

Posts: 1,964

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Re: cannot build php-cgi package

You cannot compile a single split package; you have to compile the whole php. Also read the wiki/man pages about abs and PKGBUILDs.

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jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: cannot build php-cgi package

I see that I should have posted this topic in the "PKGBUILDs & ABS Support" forum. I should probably remove it from this forum and repost.

If so, how do I do that?

thanks.

Done

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