[php-maint] Bug#605571: libapache2-mod-php5: Please enable pcntl functions

[Raphaël Hertzog]

Package: libapache2-mod-php5
Severity: wishlist

I have PHP code that wants to check the return value of pclose() and I
need the pcntl_wifexited() and pcntl_wexitstatus() functions to do
the work in a clean/portable way.

        $status = pclose($handle);
        if (!pcntl_wifexited($status) || pcntl_wexitstatus($status) != 0) {
		echo "FAIL";
	}

Unfortunately that function is only available in the -cli variant of PHP5
for a reason that I ignore.

You should either build this module in all variants or provide it as a plugin
like all other php-mysql/gd/foo packages.

Cheers,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
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Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash