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From: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:03:52 -0300
Subject: [Buildroot] Conditional patches (php package)
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On 03/07/11 16:42, Daniele Salvatore Albano - Lavoro wrote:

> Hi to all,
> 
> i'm trying to add support for php 5.3(.5), mantaining the ability to
> compile php 5.2(.17) for compatibility reasons.
> 
> The main problem is a patch that is in php 5.3.5 sources but not in
> 5.2.17 sources so it needed to be applied conditionally.
> 
> The, only one, patch is
> php-5.2.16-fix-build-when-__GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB-is-not-defined.patch
> and it seems related to an extension (gmp in the name).
> 
> Can someone give me an hint?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Best Regards,
> Daniele

Hi Daniele.
Did you move forward with the php bump?
I wouldn't mind dropping the 5.2 series for two reasons:

* We don't need to maintain any compatibility
* Upstream EOL - no more security updates

So i'd say just go forward with 5.3.x...
Regards.