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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=165153623-24072007>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>Debian and the
packages generally do almost everything I need them to, this is a wonderful
thing that I give thanks for. I ran into an issue today however with trying to
set up a site that requires GMP functions:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007><A
href="http://www.swox.com/gmp/">http://www.swox.com/gmp/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>I've worked around
it temporarily by grabbing the source package for php (apt-get source
libapache2-mod-php5), the build deps (apt-get build-dep libapache2-mod-php5),
and then phpize'ing the gmp extension from within the source directory. I
just built the .so and copied it into the php5 lib directory and it seems to
work so far.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>This is great for
development but maintaining it on a large cluster of web servers has me a bit
apprehensive. We use Debian because we trust the developers to do the Right
Thing and we know from experience that the reputation for stability is well
earned. In turn, we also trust the security updates and generally only maintain
the servers by making sure cron-apt is installed and we pull down the latest and
keep ourselves secure. We've gotten along for several years using nothing but
the default Debian packages collection and this has kept us efficient and
productive as we're not in the business of running Linux (or anyone's
OS) and having to customize and maintain the base
system.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>The bad thing I most
worry about is php5 being updated and the module no longer loading and having to
touch every machine whenever there's a php update.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>Ideally, I'd love to
see an actual php5-gmp package or gmp added to the compile-time options in the
official package. Is this a possibility?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>If not, is there an
easy way I'm missing that we can automatically track stable/etch and make sure
we've got the latest security updates and also include GMP in our PHP
setup?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=165153623-24072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>With the speed
increases we've seen from using GMP functions, I'd be surprised if nobody else
was interested in this. Thanks for your time and
consideration.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=165153623-24072007>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bryn Moslow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Valve Software</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>(425) 889-9642 x137</FONT></DIV>
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