[PECL-BUG] Doc #15107 [Opn->Bgs]: Pecl's installation memory restriction is not properly documented

Edit report at http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15107&edit=1

 ID:               15107
 Updated by:       [email protected]
 Reported By:      jschottm at vt dot edu
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Id:               15107
 Type:             Documentation Problem
 Package:          Documentation
 Operating System: CentOS 5
 PHP Version:      5.1.6
 New Comment:

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15107


Previous Comments:
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[2008-11-20 23:01:20] jschottm at vt dot edu

Description:
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Pecl does not make it clear that it bypasses php.ini's memory limit. 
The only error it gives if it exceeds 8MB is this:

pecl install apc
...
"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to
allocate 92160 bytes) in
/usr/share/pear/PEAR/PackageFile/v2/Validator.php on line 1831"

Expected result:
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1. In the day and age when Firefox freshly launched consumes 47.7MB of
memory, keeping an infrequently used installation program limited to 8MB
is needless self denial.

2. The error message is not clear what's causing the problem and in
fact putting it into $SEARCH_ENGINE will lead to recommendations to
increase php.ini's memory limit setting which will not help in this
situation.

The problems created by this are not uncommon.  Witness Greg's post
here:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pear-dev/3168978

If it's that common that he must repeat it for the nth time, it should
be addressed.

Actual result:
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1. A reexamination of the memory limit should be done.

2. If the reexamination shows that the memory limit should remain as it
is, the error code should be changed to clearly tell the user how to
resolve the problem:

"Fatal error: pecl's memory limit of 8MB exceeded.  To install the
package, use the command 'pear install pecl/$PACKAGENAME'"

By modifying one string, the user is given the solution to the problem.

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