Re: [DebianGIS] [Fwd: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PHP/MapScript on Debian and Ubuntu]

[Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>]

Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Does this apply to DebianGIS?

Paolo,

I don't know about this.

> Is it a real problem, or should be overlooked?

If the situation is the same in DebianGIS then I'd strongly
encourage it being dealt with.  Many legitimate mapscript uses
are hobbled if it is only available through mod_php and as far
as I know mod_php use of mapscript is still considered a bit risky.

Best regards,

> All the best.
> pc
>
> -------- Messaggio Originale  --------
> Oggetto: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PHP/MapScript on Debian and Ubuntu
> Data: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:10:10 -0500
> Da: Steven Monai <stevem@SPATIALMAPPING.COM>
> Rispondi-a: Steven Monai <stevem@SPATIALMAPPING.COM>
> A: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU
>
> Update.
>
> I have filed a bug report against the Ubuntu binary package
> 'php5-mapscript', requesting that the patch that purposely breaks
> PHP/MapScript for CGI/FCGI/CLI be removed. Here's a link:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130304
>
> Hopefully, the package maintainers will have a look and fix this little
> glitch soon. In the meantime, I have built my own .deb from source on Ubuntu
> (Feisty, i386). It's a relatively small file (532 KiB) that I'm happy to
> share with anyone who asks.
>
> -SM
> --
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:09:03 -0500, Steven Monai <stevem@SPATIALMAPPING.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello, all (but especially the PHP/MapScript devs):
> >
> > Before I go to the trouble of trying to contact the Debian package
> > maintainers, I'm posting my question here first, just in case someone in the
> > Mapserver community has any information. 
> >
> > Everything I've seen on this list over the past few years has indicated that
> > the best way to run PHP/MapScript is in CGI mode. Yet the Debian package
> > maintainers seem to be under the impression that PHP/MapScript is most
> > stable running in an Apache2 DSO, even going so far as to patch
> > PHP/MapScript so that it refuses to run in a CGI (or even a CLI)
> > environment. Does anyone have any idea why Debian's 'php5-mapscript' package
> > maintainers have done this? Do they know something that I/we don't? Is
> > PHP/MapScript not stable in PHP5 when run as CGI/CLI?
> >
> > I really would like to be able to run ka-map's 'precache2.php' script from
> > the command line in Debian (or Ubuntu) without having to compile my own
> > php_mapscript.so.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -SM
> > --
>
>
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