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[ebuild   R   ] dev-lang/php-5.3.3-r1  USE="apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli crypt ctype fileinfo filter ftp gd gdbm hash iconv json ldap mssql mysql nls phar posix readline session simplexml soap ssl tokenizer unicode xml xmlreader xmlwriter zip zlib -adabas -bcmath -birdstep -calendar -cdb -cgi -cjk -concurrentmodphp -curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dbmaker -debug -doc -embed -empress -empress-bcs -enchant -esoob -exif -firebird -flatfile -fpm -frontbase -gd-external -gmp -imap -inifile -interbase -intl -iodbc -ipv6 -kerberos -kolab -ldap-sasl -libedit -mysqli -mysqlnd -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo -pic -postgres -qdbm -recode -sapdb -sharedext -sharedmem -snmp -sockets -solid -spell -sqlite -sqlite3 -suhosin -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -truetype -wddx -xmlrpc -xpm -xsl" 0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

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