Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/php - making binary

2023-04-15 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On Sat, 2023-04-15 at 21:29 -0400, jul...@jroy.ca wrote: > > You can keep a copy of the ebuild so even if it's removed from portage > you will be able to install it. > > Even without a copy, you will be able to retrieve it from git history. This is a better idea. I'll warn you though, PHP upstr

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/php - making binary

2023-04-15 Thread jul...@jroy.ca
On Sat, 2023-04-15 at 18:57 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > So I want to make a binary of the current dev-lang/php-7.4.33-r2 just > in case in the near future they will pull out the old version out of > the portage. > > Will making binary allow me to install dev-lang/php-7.4.33-r2 > (binary

[gentoo-user] dev-lang/php - making binary

2023-04-15 Thread thelma
php-7.4 will be getting obsolete in the future and converting my code to php-8 might not be easy. So I want to make a binary of the current dev-lang/php-7.4.33-r2 just in case in the near future they will pull out the old version out of the portage. Will making binary allow me to install dev-la