[arch-general] Removal of php-pear, what provides functionality

[David C. Rankin]

On 01/07/2016 01:40 PM, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
> Are you sure your GroupWare app needs PEAR? PEAR is usually only used to
> install dependencies, which can also be done in some other way.

Yes,

   It is a required part of the setup/install routine. For the current 
egroupware 14 branch, the required pear packages are needed:

Installed packages, channel pear.php.net:
=========================================
Package            Version State
Archive_Tar        1.4.0   stable
Auth_SASL          1.0.6   stable
Console_Getopt     1.4.1   stable
DB                 1.8.2   stable
HTTP_Request       1.4.4   stable
Log                1.12.9  stable
MDB2               2.4.1   stable
MDB2_Driver_mysql  1.4.1   stable
MDB2_Driver_mysqli 1.4.1   stable
Mail               1.2.0   stable
Math_BigInteger    1.0.2   stable
Net_DNS2           1.4.1   stable
Net_IMAP           1.1.3   stable
Net_SMTP           1.6.3   stable
Net_Socket         1.0.14  stable
Net_URL            1.0.15  stable
PEAR               1.9.5   stable
Structures_Graph   1.0.4   stable
Text_Figlet        1.0.2   stable
XML_Feed_Parser    1.0.5   stable
XML_SVG            1.1.0   stable
XML_Util           1.2.3   stable

   For the previous 1.8 branch, the following are needed:

Installed packages, channel pear.php.net:
=========================================
Package            Version State
Archive_Tar        1.3.11  stable
Auth_SASL          1.0.6   stable
Console_Getopt     1.3.1   stable
DB                 1.7.14  stable
Log                1.12.7  stable
MDB2               2.4.1   stable
MDB2_Driver_mysql  1.4.1   stable
MDB2_Driver_sqlite 1.4.1   stable
PEAR               1.9.4   stable
Structures_Graph   1.0.4   stable
XML_Feed_Parser    1.0.5   stable
XML_Util           1.2.1   stable

   It would take hacking the eGroupWare installer to bypass the pear 
requirement. I was the one that got bit by the conflicting files installed by 
the pear Console_Getopt package. (see 12/20/15 post).

# pear list-files Console_Getopt
Installed Files For Console_Getopt
==================================
Type Install Path
php  /usr/share/pear/Console/Getopt.php
test /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/001-getopt.phpt
test /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/bug10557.phpt
test /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/bug11068.phpt
test /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/bug13140.phpt

   However, now that the source of the conflict is known, I would a lot rather 
have a php-pear package and manage any conflicts that arise, as opposed to not 
having the package and having to use the generic pear install or build a 
package. Either way, the package will still be needed.


-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.