Re: install default or latest version of php with pkg

On 14/10/2025 19:45, Moin Rahman wrote:
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>> On Oct 14, 2025, at 18:36, Andriy Gapon <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I am writing a recipe to configure a system for a particular purpose.
>> I need to install some version of PHP, doesn't matter much which, but it should be a recent one.  E.g., the latest available in ports or the default version.
>> I do not want to hardcode any version / prefix like, say, "php83" (because it may be obsolete or unavailable in a few years).
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>> How could this be achieved with pkg?
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> I do not know what actually you are trying to do or if I have understood
> you correctly. But let's say if I need dokuwiki and I do not want to add
> specific version I just do `pkg install www/dokuwiki` which will find
> out the required php version suffix and install all the php requirements.
> But if you need are using this for a custom application which is not in
> the tree and you need to install specific php versions for those then I
> believe you are out of options.
Yes, it's for something that's not in ports.
But maybe it could be put into ports with some effort...

Maybe it would be a good idea to have some PHP meta-ports that just install 
default versions?

E.g., for Python there is a python3 package that installs a current default 
python3.xx version as dependency and there is python package that installs a 
current default pythonX (python3 currently) as a dependency.

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Andriy Gapon