Bug 358343

Summary:	dev-php5/xcache is not slotted for PHP 5.2
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Brian Moon <brianm-gentoo>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	PHP Bugs <php-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Brian Moon 2011-03-11 05:41:28 UTC

When the slotting for PHP was done, some PECL extensions did not get slotted for 5.2 that work perfectly well with 5.2 and worked fine with it before slotting.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Mask PHP 5.3 out
2. Attempt to emerge dev-php5/xcache

Actual Results:  
Will not emerge. Complains that it needs PHP 5.3.

Expected Results:  
Emerges dev-php5/xcache for PHP 5.2 slot.

Had the same problem with pecl/memcache and it was fixed.

Comment 1 Ole Markus With (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-03-11 13:38:06 UTC

Works for me:

# PHP_TARGETS=php5-2 emerge -pv xcache
[ebuild  N    ] virtual/httpd-php-5.3  0 kB
[ebuild  N    ] dev-php5/xcache-1.3.0-r2  PHP_TARGETS="php5-2 -php5-3" 0 kB

Comment 2 Brian Moon 2011-03-11 15:05:41 UTC

Hmm, yeah, if I put PHP_TARGETS in make.conf it works. But, should that be required if I have only PHP 5.2 installed and selected?

Comment 3 Ole Markus With (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-03-11 22:32:46 UTC

That would be tricky. Extensions would have to be dependant on the particular PHP version installed and such. It is better to just set the PHP_TARGETS variable, emerge an extension and let PHP be pulled in as a dependency.