[imp] missing Socket.php in PHP-4.2.1 PEAR?

[Erik Slooff]

Hi Fritz,

Quoting Fritz Zaucker <zaucker@ee.ethz.ch>:

> On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Jan Schneider wrote:
> 
> > Zitat von Roman Serbski <libser@manas.kg>:
> >
> > > I checked /usr/local/php-4.2.1/lib/php/Net/ - there is no
> > > Socket.php inside, so I put the one from PHP-4.1.1
> > > (Socket.php,v 1.7.2.2 2001/11/13).
> > > Error message disappeared and redirection now works fine =)
> > > but I'm not sure whether this is correct way to fix this
> > > problem. I mean, may be I should upgrade Net/Socket(?)
> > > module the same way as Log and Mail_Mime?
> >
> > Yes. But if I remember right it's only used by the Mail::smtp package,
> that
> > is you only need it if want to use smtp instead of sendmail.
> > Anybody correct me please if I'm wrong.
> 
> Whom should the missing Socket.php file be reported to. It is indeed needed
> for sending mails via SMTP. I could not find it on http://pear.php.net/
> 

Here it is:
http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?pacid=64

> Or would I have to specify something on the ./configure line for PHP to have
> it installed at compile/install time of PHP 4.2.1?

You can install/upgrade (I believe as root) by issuing the following command 
from a shell:
pear install Net_Socket

> 
> Thanks,
> Fritz
Bye,

Erik