321903 – Make dev-lang/php emit a warning if USE="-readline" and php -a is called

Bug 321903 - Make dev-lang/php emit a warning if USE="-readline" and php -a is called

Summary: Make dev-lang/php emit a warning if USE="-readline" and php -a is called

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	PHP Bugs

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Reported:	2010-05-28 20:50 UTC by Matti Bickel (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-06-09 11:24 UTC (History)
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Description Matti Bickel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-05-28 20:50:20 UTC

This is a reminder that php -a will hang (well, it did for me) when you don't have readline enabled (USE="-readline"). It'd be nice if php would output a notice or refuse to run altogether under this circumstances.

For a fast alternative, I'm considering adding a use-conditional note to pkg_postinst to inform the user about this.

Comment 1 Matti Bickel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-06-09 11:24:39 UTC

Added the note in the overlay, which will shortly sync with portage.