[php-maint] Bug#627941: php5: Please enable process control support (--enable-pcntl) for cgi/cli

[Clint Byrum]

Package: php5
Version: 5.3.5-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu oneiric ubuntu-patch


This is forwarded from Ubuntu:

https://launchpad.net/bugs/658346


In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:

Quoting from the original bug report:
> Please configure PHP with Process Control support [1], which can be
> very useful.
> 
> While it makes sense for CLI already, it is also useful for for CGI. See
> http://www.dotdeb.org/2010/03/08/php-5-3-2-is-available-too/#comment-2274
> for some reasoning (where I was arguing to have it in the dotdeb
> repository, which has it enabled for CLI only).
> 
> 1: http://de.php.net/manual/en/pcntl.installation.php

  * debian/rules: --enable-pcntl for cgi as well. (LP: #658346) 

The normal concerns one might have over pcntl are mitigated as CGI
runs in its own process space. So the reasons for not turning this on
in libapache2-mod-php5  are not really necessary for CGI, especially
since CGI has dl() available.

Thanks for considering the patch.


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