Building PHP PECL modules

[alex at milivojevic.org (Aleksandar Milivojevic)]

Jim Perrin wrote:

> The packaging of addition php-pear modules is currently being
> discussed, but has some issues with it. In the mean time some, if not
> all of the php modules you want are available via yum from
> dag.wieers.com/packages and centos.karan.org. While not official
> centos packages, both packagers are very active in centos development
> and are quite good.

I know about those, but as usual, I need some more stuff ;-)

Anyhow, would be nice to know how Dag and Karanbir managed to compile 
PECL modules.