Well grepping that file is a nice trick that I didnt know. Thanks! Thats what I needed to know. -Mike On 8/2/05, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:32:21 -0400 > Michael Crute wrote: > > > Is there a way to build the php 5 extensions (I.E. GD, mysql, etc) as > > external libraries instead of compiling it all into the core? I assume > this > > is the sharedext flag but I want to make sure before I go try it and > muck > > things up. > > $ grep sharedext /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc > sharedext - Adds support for building shared extensions in php > > sounds good, doesn't it ;-)? > > Regarding the "gd-external" A. Khattri mentioned, I think this is to > make php use a separately compiled (by emerging it as a dependency) GD > lib instead of using the sources that php has integrated. > > -hwh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- ________________________________ Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?"