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Date:      Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:17:37 -0400
From:      Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing mysql-phpmyadmin-apache-php
Message-ID:  <c6m0v0$kh7$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040416073705.GB3983@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:50:04PM -0700, Mike Maltese wrote:
> 
>>>I have mysql-5 and apache2 installed and working. I need to install
>>>phpmyadmin but it wants to install mysql-4 and apache1. How do I prevent
>>>it from installing another version of each app (can I even do this)?
>>
>>I'd just download the phpMyAdmin source from http://www.phpmyadmin.net and
>>install it manually. There's nothing particularly special about the port.
> 
> Gee.  Thanks.
> 
> Actually, the versions of apache and mysql are controlled through the
> dependency chain by the PHP port you install.  The phpmyadmin port
> just wants to see that PHP is installed.
> 
> Setting the following in /etc/make.conf will make your system default
> to apache2 and mysql-5:
> 
>     APACHE_PORT=    www/apache2
>     WITH_APACHE2=   yes
> 
>     WANT_MYSQL_VER= 50
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew

Interesting note. Is there a way to figure this out? Is there a generic
way to specify a newer version is okay? What is a "dependency chain" and
how does one find it?

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Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
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