RE: php4 requires to reinstall all php extensions (mass bugreport)
Artur R. Czechowski wrote:
>
> I suggest a simple sollution: just bump up version number for all
> packages containing php extensions to hint users to update those
packages.
This won't work. If you intall an extension, then a new SAPI, the new
SAPI won't get detected, as the extension has already been configured.
Conversely, if you install a new SAPI, then upgrade your extensions,
because there's already a php.ini installed for that SAPI, the debconf
value will get set to "don't add", and it won't act.
The only way to solve this is either to make the SAPIs smarter (won't
happen before Sarge releases), or force everyone to run dpkg-reconfigure
on all their extensions, making them see all the questions again. Also,
not going to happen.
Your "bump version numbers" solution achieves nothing. Please, please,
PLEASE don't suggest this to maintainers, it'll just produce more
package churn, with 0 actual useful effect.
... Adam
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