[CentOS] php 4/5 dependency question

Tue Mar 11 21:04:03 UTC 2008
Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Error: php-pecl-apc conflicts with php-mmcache
> Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9 is needed by package php-mmcache
>  Error: php-eaccelerator conflicts with php-mmcache
>
> While dependency issues aren't too bad (e.g. "yum provides MISSING_FILE"),
> what is the best way to start going through and finding these conflicts?
> While this is just a test box, I'd like to get a handle on how to solve this
> sort of thing before I have the same problem on a production server.
>
> I see that CentOS plus in on here.  Might that have to do with PHP 4
> dependencies not being on?  Or does PHP 5 solve those dependencies?

Sanity would suggest not using a wildcard on install. Dependencies are
turned on, your issue is a package conflict because you chose to
install two separate methods for doing the same thing, which don't
agree. Use a sane install command and it'll work.

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