Install Configurations (FC4) for future releases...

[Arthur Pemberton]

Panama Jack wrote:

> Does anyone know if they are going to Expand the installer to allow  
> setting of the configuration for some packages before the install 
> starts  instead of using generic settings.
>
That would be a nice addition, esp. if these configs coudl be read from 
some form of removable or network media.

> An example would be the installation of PHP 5.0.4.  There are a number 
> of  switches in the ./configure that usually need to be adjusted fro 
> the  current default install.  

As Fedora is now, it is my understanding that such a feature is 
impossible. What you would like to do would have to be done at compile 
time. Fedora however is installed from binaries.

> If would be nice to be able to turn on mysql  support, gd support or 
> turn off certain switches.  As it stands now it is  a MAJOR pain in 
> the butt to change these things after the initial  install.  Unless I 
> am missing something it is not that simple to change  these 
> configurations.  You have to go through some MAJOR hoops just to  
> change those switches because PHP and Apache2 are not installed in 
> any  manner similar to what is shown on the websites for those packages.

I may be wrong, but that is what packages such as php-mysql. They ad 
these modulular functionality to the PHP install.

>
> If someone has an easier way to change the php configure switches 
> without  having to reinstall apache2 and php5 AFTER doing an FC4 
> install I would  appreciate hearing about it.
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