Re: [MiNT] mysql || PHP port to Sparemint?

[Keith Scroggins <kws@saltmine.radix.net>]

I had to do some patching I believe, but not too much.  I did post the
RPMs/SRPMs of what I did in my web space, so you can grab them and look at
the mess:

http://www.radix.net/~kws/mint/

-rw-r--r--   1 kws      tech     1262763 Sep  8 13:15 apache-php-1.0-1.m68kmint.rpm
-rw-r--r--   1 kws      tech     7037594 Sep  8 13:23 apache-php-1.0-1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--   1 kws      tech        9756 Sep  8 13:15 apache-php-devel-1.0-1.m68kmint.rpm

MySQL was not a problem as you can build without it, although many PHP
apps do use it, so it made testing a little interesting.

I'll see if I get some time to look into this this week, but I believe all
of this was done with GCC 2.95 and the Mintlibs from the time it was
built.  I do have GCC 3.3.3 that I built on my CT60 Falcon, and I did get
stuck building PHP 5.0, but I can not remember where, and never had the
time to go back to it.

Keith

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Frederic Fouche wrote:

> Hello Keith,
>
> Thanks for answering,
>
> I assume when you were messing with all that, you had all the latest libs installed, latest gcc and such right?
>
> I'll tell you, even ./configure on a clean easymint with all the development rpm installed
> can't complete correctly.
> Unsure if the tools we have are tailored to handle that.
> I definitely understand that php would be missing some features, like PEAR and such.
> I believe v5.0x doesnt depend on mysql anymore, but it's own little flat file DB, might be more possible on MiNT?
>
> anyone else has tried?
> any success/failure you want to share?
>
> Keith Scroggins <kws@saltmine.radix.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been able, with a lot of pain, to get a 90% working version of PHP
> built for MiNT. It is almost impossible to package in an RPM, at least
> for me to figure out, because it would need to be packed with Apache,
> since it is built statically. The only thing I knew of that did not work
> with it was PEAR, but that was because it did dynamic loading, if I
> remember correctly. Its been 6 months or more since I messed with it,
> before Version 5.0.
>
> I did have Secure HTTP working with Apache also.
>
> MySQL..... I have a build of it on my Falcon right now. It has issues
> with sockets. I have had no time to debug it, and really it is still the
> virgin code, I have made almost no patches. It was a pain to build as I
> think I did something wrong with passing library parameters, and keep
> meaning to go back, but I need to get a handle on MiNT and Sockets before
> I really mess with it more. So, it is possible to get MySQL built on the
> Falcon, but I can not say how it will run, if it ever does...
>
> I moved on to working on CTorrent, which also suffers socket issues, to
> sort of figure out how to address the socket problems better, much easier
> to learn with a program that compiles in minutes rather than hours.
> CTorrent is a console based BitTorrent client. Again, zero time has been
> my problem.....
>
> Of course, now my time to work on this stuff is non existant, as I am
> getting married soon, looking for a house, and raising funds for the
> purchase, plus whatever other curveballs life throws that gets in the
> way, last weeks was a bad one!
>
> Keith
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Frederic Fouche wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried to port any of them?
> >
> >
> > i know there was a version of mysql at one time, vido had a version, i played a little with it.
> >
> > But unsure about php (v4.3.x or 5.x), or newer mysql, (or maybe postgre SQL would do)
> >
> > Is it even possible considering the libs sparemint has?
> >
> >
> >
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