hi olly, On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:06:20PM +0100, Olly Betts wrote: > I think I've discovered why the versions mismatch: aha, very informative, thanks :) > So PHP_API_VERSION is the "PHP Api Version" (unsuprisingly). The > version number on the directory is the Zend Extension Api No (minus > the leading 2 in PHP5 - I guess that's to differentiate between PHP4 and > PHP5 and so isn't needed on the extension dir as that's in the > /usr/lib/phpN prefix.) > > So I think the current draft is confused as to which API is relevant > here and should indeed use "php-configN --extension-dir". yes, perhaps we should add something to clarify this. in the meantime i've at least changed the specific section to mention using php-configN instead of the ugly sed stuff. > While I'm here, is there an existing PHP binary module whose packaging > conforms to current "best practice" which I can use as a guide? If > there's a better place to ask, please point me there... i think this question may have been answered for you already, but i'd just like to add a suggestion that in addition to attempting to follow the draft and other peoples' packages, you also keep a critical eye to what you and others are doing (as well as what the draft says), and if you see anything that doesn't seem right, bring it up here. sean
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