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A PEAR package may include C or C++ code as well as PHP code. The PEAR
Installer will run the extension build process if there are one or more files with
the role=src.
 

Element: <configureoptions>
Element name:
configureoptions
Attributes:
none
May occur in:
release (optional)
This is a wrapper element for one or more <configureoption> elements.
 

Element: <configureoption>
Element name: configureoption
Attributes:
name (required)
default (optional)
prompt (required)
May occur in:
configureoptions (required)
This element is for collecting build parameters on UNIX when building
extension binaries. Typically, each extension has one or more configure options
that may be specified here.
 

name Attribute
The configureoption name attribute corresponds to
the name of the configure option, without any dashes in front. For example, if
the name attribute is with-foobar, it is passed on to configure as –with-fobar.
 

default Attribute
This attribute is used only as a brief description
of the default behavior, when the –name option is used without a parameter
(with a parameter, it would be –name=param).
 

prompt Attribute
This attribute contains a prompt that is dis-
played during install.