So is the following what would change?

The default is:
PHP SAPI module: cgi
PHP CGI binary: /usr/local/bin/
FPM config: /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.conf
init.d script: /usr/local/sbin/php-fpm
PHP CLI binary: /usr/local/bin/
PHP CLI man page: /usr/local/man/man1/
build environment: /usr/local/lib/php/build/
header files: /usr/local/include/php/
helper programs: /usr/local/bin/
PHP /usr/local/lib/php/
PHP.INI /usr/local/lib/php.ini

If we add --prefix=/usr/local/lib/php-fpm-5.2.9 the new installation will look like:
PHP SAPI module: cgi
PHP CGI binary: /usr/local/bin/
FPM config: /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.conf
init.d script: /usr/local/sbin/php-fpm
PHP CLI binary: /usr/local/bin/
PHP CLI man page: /usr/local/man/man1/
build environment: /usr/local/lib/php-fpm-5.2.9/build/
header files: /usr/local/include/php/
helper programs: /usr/local/bin/
PHP /usr/local/lib/php-fpm-5.2.9/
PHP.INI /usr/local/lib/php.ini


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nginx@sysoev.ru [mailto:owner-nginx@sysoev.ru] On Behalf Of Edho P Arief
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:46 AM
To: nginx@sysoev.ru
Subject: Re: Noob looking for PHP help

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM, AMP Admin <admin@ampprod.com> wrote:
> I don't really know what --prefix=/usr/local/php-fpm-5.2.9 accomplishes.
>
> Will that move the default locating of php.ini or anything?
>

it'll allow you to remove and update php-fpm with ease. The location
is relative to prefix, iirc


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