mcrypt with PHP 8.3 not supported

[llaville]

Version of install-php-extensions

2.1.66

Error description

mcrypt extension with stable PHP 8.3.0 seems not supported, while it's still marked in README page as compatible.

Using PHP 8.3.0 fpm bookworm docker image on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

#14 [build-version-8300  4/67] RUN install-php-extensions mcrypt
#14 0.626 install-php-extensions v.2.1.66
#14 0.626 #StandWithUkraine
#14 2.360 Updating channel "pecl.php.net"
#14 2.560 Channel "pecl.php.net" is up to date
#14 2.634 Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [151 kB]
#14 2.718 Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [52.1 kB]
#14 2.779 Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB]
#14 2.837 Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages [8780 kB]
#14 5.602 Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates/main amd64 Packages [6668 B]
#14 5.623 Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages [105 kB]
#14 6.534 Fetched 9143 kB in 4s (2324 kB/s)
#14 6.534 Reading package lists...
#14 8.967 ### INSTALLING REQUIRED PACKAGES ###
#14 8.967 # Packages to be kept after installation: libmcrypt4
#14 8.967 # Packages to be used only for installation: libmcrypt-dev
#14 9.963 debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
#14 10.03 Selecting previously unselected package libmcrypt4.
(Reading database ... 13435 files and directories currently installed.)
#14 10.03 Preparing to unpack .../libmcrypt4_2.5.8-7_amd64.deb ...
#14 10.05 Unpacking libmcrypt4 (2.5.8-7) ...
#14 10.13 Selecting previously unselected package libmcrypt-dev.
#14 10.13 Preparing to unpack .../libmcrypt-dev_2.5.8-7_amd64.deb ...
#14 10.14 Unpacking libmcrypt-dev (2.5.8-7) ...
#14 10.21 Setting up libmcrypt4 (2.5.8-7) ...
#14 10.23 Setting up libmcrypt-dev (2.5.8-7) ...
#14 10.25 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...
#14 10.30 ### INSTALLING REMOTE MODULE mcrypt ###
#14 12.18 pecl/mcrypt is not compatible with PHP version 8.3.0
#14 12.18 No valid packages found
#14 12.18 install failed
#14 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c install-php-extensions mcrypt" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

Docker image

php:8.3-fpm-bookworm

Minimal Dockerfile

No response

[mlocati]

Yep: even if it should work, package.xml states that PHP 8.3.0 is not compatible (it previously worked because 8.3.0RCn is less than 8.3.0)