Explanation of mod_php-5* hard-masking in package.mask ("automatically activates ZTS mode when any threaded MPMs are installed, even if mpm_prefork is the default") is a non-sense : MPMs and ZTS compilation are absolutely unrelated. In Apache 2, mpm-prefork can be considered as a stable, reliable MPM, but is not (has not to be ?) compiled by default. It is necessary to mod_php-5.*, but is not a default feature, so mod_php-5 cannot be unmasked. --enable-experimental-zts configure flag is activated by the "threads" USE flag. A very often USEd flag, for a very experimental feature... not a good idea in my opinion. If ZTS is activated, sessions support cannot be compiled, because ZTS is not thread-safe today. Even a tool like phppgadmin simply cannot run correctly without sessions, like most websites. Mod_php-5 runs perfectly here on both my machines (though I haven't tested it under very heavy charges), that are an Athlon-XP 1600+ (x86) and an Athlon64 3200+ (amd64), and in my opinion merits to be brought to more people. Masked, but not hard masked. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
i agree, i'm using gentoo + apache2 + php5 from 1 year on 2 xeon server without any problem ... (i had one but was a bug of php solved with and upgrade). i made about 120 GB traffic every month and all is going well.
I agree, we are running mod_php-5.0.4 + apache2 on webcluster handling more then 70000 virtual hosts and more then 20TB a month of data transfer. Servers are STABLE!
Hi, PHP 5 is staying masked until we've had time to complete the PHP packages, and make sure everything in the tree plays nicely with them. Best regards, Stu
I see that the Gentoo PHP Team needs support. I ask you to put a request on GWN - as a flaky (mod_)php-5 is a real show-stopper for me.
If you want to see what our PHP5 will look like when we unmask them, please switch to the Gentoo PHP Overlay. http://svn.gnqs.org/projects/gentoo-php-overlay/ These packages will be added to Portage shortly, and then we can begin the process of moving them to the stable tree. Best regards, Stu
