Posted by Chris on 01/29/05 22:28

Jason Barnett wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are there any places that might have instructions on compiling PECL
>> extensions on Windows? I tried going the pear install <package>
>> route, but fileinfo is not considered stable yet.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> Trying a PEAR or PECL list might do you more good. That being said...
> are you trying to install packages that are listed as unstable when
> your configuration tries to install stable releases?
>
I tried pear install fileinfo, and got the message "No release with
state equal to: 'stable' found for 'fileinfo'". I installed Pear for the
sole purpose attempting to get fileinfo compiled. I know *nothing* about
it. If I'm understanding you correctly there may be a way to modify the
pear config to compile unstable releases? I'll look into that (hadn't
occured to me before)

I am just trying to get a version of fileinfo (preferably the latest)
working on my PHP 5.0.1 on Win2k Pro. This is a test-only server, so I'm
not too picky about what, or how, but, since I'll probably want more
PECL extensions in the future, I may as well learn the proper way to do it.

Thanks,
Chris

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