Opened 6 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
#56188 closed request (fixed)
php72-mcrypt missing
| Reported by: | iakoder | Owned by: | ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | php72-mcrypt |
Description
The php mcrypt portfile appears to contain everything necessary for a php 7.2 version port, but a search or attempted install for php72-mcrypt doesn't find one.
Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Keywords: | php php72 mcrypt php72-mcrypt removed |
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| Owner: | set to ryandesign |
| Port: | php72-mcrypt added |
| Status: | new → accepted |
| Type: | enhancement → request |
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
However, mcrypt is considered obsolete. The last message to the mcrypt-developers mailing list, in 2011, says "mcrypt is dead. Don't use it." So perhaps we shouldn't be encouraging people to continue using it.
Why do you need the mcrypt php extension? Looks like in MacPorts we currently use it in phpmyadmin, wordpress and ZendFramework2, but those dependencies were probably added long ago and I don't know if any of those still require mcrypt today.
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by iakoder
Why do you need...
Because I live inside an ancient codebase that plans on ditching mcrypt but hasn't gotten there yet.
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | accepted → closed |
There isn't a php mcrypt portfile. mcrypt was part of php core in 7.1 and earlier, and the php port offers php*-mcrypt subports for 7.1 and earlier. mcrypt was removed from core in 7.2 and is now on pecl. We could add a separate php-mcrypt portfile for 7.2 and later.