extsrcrelease and extbinrelease changes for PECL developers -- PECL-specific details of package.xml 2.0
Special extension package tags
Most of the tags for PECL-style PHP extension releases are identical to those for
PEAR-style PHP script releases. There are a few extsrc/extbin-specific tags that
all PECL developers must know about.
Table 16-1. PECL extsrc/extbin-specific tags in package.xml 2.0
| Tag | Description of usage |
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<providesextension>
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The <providesextension> tag must be right after <dependencies>. This
tag tells the installer the name of the extension provided by the package, allowing
different package names from the extension. This could be important for binary packages
(such as PDO and PDO_windows or something along those lines).
<providesextension>PDO</providesextension> |
|
|
<srcpackage> or <srcuri>
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<srcpackage> or <srcuri> must follow <providesextension>.
Extension binary packages must define either a <srcpackage> tag (for package.xml
containing <channel>) or
a <srcuri> tag (for package.xml containing
<uri>).
<name>PDO_windowsbin</name>
<channel>pecl.php.net</channel>
<!-- snip -->
<providesextension>PDO</providesextension>
<srcpackage>PDO</srcpackage> |
or,
<name>Foo_windowsbin</name>
<uri>http://www.example.com/Foo_windowsbin-1.5.0.tgz</uri>
<!-- snip -->
<providesextension>Foo</providesextension>
<srcuri>http://www.example.com/Foo-1.5.0.tgz</srcuri> |
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