Unable to locate package php8.5-opcache

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Problem Description

Yesterday I upgraded one of my sites to PHP 8.5 (from 8.3) by editing the config/php file and running sympl-php-configure. This worked fine, however I’m now getting a cron email every hour which says that it cannot locate the package php8.5-opcache. I haven’t tried to install that package, and I haven’t enabled any modules specifically for that site.

Any Error Messages

/etc/cron.hourly/sympl-php-configure:
E: Unable to locate package php8.5-opcache
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php8.5-opcache'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php8.5-opcache'

Environment

  • Sympl Version: 12
  • Debian Version: 12.15
  • Hardware Type: VPS
  • Hosted With: Mythic Beasts
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This is simply due to PHP 8.5 not having a php8.5-opcache package any more, as that’s been folded in.

Updated versions of sympl-web 12 and 13 are working their way through testing for Bookworm and Trixie.

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will there be an announcement when we can update and switch to 8.5?

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You can start using 8.5 now using the per-site PHP option (config/php - whatever version is in there, then run sympl-php-configure).

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Last time I tried 8.5 it failed with the missing opcache issue.

I’m not clear what sympl update was needed, hence me asking about whether whatever was needed has been done

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It was just an update to sympl-web, which was rolled out later that day.

Everything continued to work with PHP 8.5, just sympl-php-configure was warning that the expected extension didn’t expect any more since it had been folded into mainline PHP.

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Ah, thanks. I can now use 8.5 with no worries, then.