>Версия ОС не при чём.
>Ставьте из портов.

решил попробовать из портов, есессно версия пхп там не свежая, ну да фиг с етим...

И и тут ващще глушняк, даже не понятно в чем ошибки то:

%make
===>  Extracting for php5-5.2.1_3
>> Checksum OK for php-5.2.1.tar.bz2.
>> Checksum OK for suhosin-patch-5.2.1-0.9.6.2.patch.gz.
===>  Patching for php5-5.2.1_3
===>  Applying distribution patches for php5-5.2.1_3
===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for php5-5.2.1_3
s|^\(extension_dir\)|; \1|: not found
*** Error code 127

Stop in /usr/ports/lang/php5.

Решил просто удалить строчку из Makefile, которая что то там греппит в файлах php.ini-* по слову extension_dir... етот момент начинает обходить но валится снова:

%make
===>  Extracting for php5-5.2.1_3
>> Checksum OK for php-5.2.1.tar.bz2.
>> Checksum OK for suhosin-patch-5.2.1-0.9.6.2.patch.gz.
===>  Patching for php5-5.2.1_3
===>  Applying distribution patches for php5-5.2.1_3
===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for php5-5.2.1_3
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on file: /usr/X11R6/bin/gnomecc - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/X11R6/bin/gnomecc in /usr/ports/sysutils/gnomecontrolcenter
     >> No directory for /usr/X11R6/bin/gnomecc.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: esd.2 - not found
===>    Verifying install for esd.2 in /usr/ports/audio/esound
     >> No directory for esd.2.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: glib12.3 - not found
===>    Verifying install for glib12.3 in /usr/ports/devel/glib12
     >> No directory for glib12.3.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: gtk12.2 - not found
===>    Verifying install for gtk12.2 in /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gtk12
     >> No directory for gtk12.2.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: Imlib.5 - not found
===>    Verifying install for Imlib.5 in /usr/ports/graphics/imlib
     >> No directory for Imlib.5.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: gnome.5 - not found
===>    Verifying install for gnome.5 in /usr/ports/x11/gnomelibs
     >> No directory for gnome.5.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: panel_status.5 - not found
===>    Verifying install for panel_status.5 in /usr/ports/x11/gnomecore
     >> No directory for panel_status.5.  Skipping..
===>   php5-5.2.1_3 depends on shared library: gtkhtml-1.1.3 - not found
===>    Verifying install for gtkhtml-1.1.3 in /usr/ports/www/gtkhtml
     >> No directory for gtkhtml-1.1.3.  Skipping..
===>  Configuring for php5-5.2.1_3
===>  Building for php5-5.2.1_3
make: cannot open Makefile.
*** Error code 2

аллергия у меня на порты =)

Makefile действительно отстутсвует в /usr/ports/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.1
Где рыть ?