ID: 17996
Comment by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Closed
Bug Type: Compile Failure
Operating System: AIX 4.3.3
PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev
New Comment:
Our PHP 4.3.0 build failed to compile sapi/cli/php on our AIX machine,
with over one hundred error messages like:
cc: 1501-218 file ext/ctype/ctype.lo contains an incorrect file suffix
The causes of this are rather subtle:
1. GNU libtool will usually not create static objects under AIX.
2. But the PHP developers want libtool to create static objects.
3. So the PHP developers provide their own ./libtool in the source
tree which will create them, which they run with "/bin/sh libtool".
4. Unfortunately, while "/bin/sh <file>" usually looks for <file> in
the current directory before searching through $PATH, on AIX it
looks through $PATH first; thus the PHP Makefile winds up running
/usr/local/bin/libtool (or wherever you have it installed) instead.
Thus the solution is to modify the PHP Makefile so that the line
LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) libtool --silent
instead reads
LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) ./libtool --silent
Technical notes: When you compile and install libtool, it runs a
script called libtool.m4 which, around line 2363 in the libtool-1.4.3
source, disables AIX static linking with the explanation that:
"On AIX, shared libraries and static libraries use the same
namespace, and are all built from PIC."
It disables static linking by setting enable_static=no when it writes
your libtool script; the ./libtool script in the PHP build directory
works precisely because this variable is set to "yes" instead.
Previous Comments:
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[2002-12-12 06:39:33] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ignore that last post, being a bit of a muppet, using the wrong
version.
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[2002-12-12 04:25:10] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've exactly the same problem, same version of AIX etc. I have apache
2.0.43 installed and am using php 4.2.3. Is this a compiler issue? Or
is it worth while trying 4.3.0RC3
I need to get this working fairly desperately. So any help is
welcome.
Thanks
Julian
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[2002-08-08 13:07:58] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is not a problem in PHP, but a problem with your (configuration of
your) system. Please ask support questions on the appropriate
mailinglist.
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[2002-08-08 12:54:33] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to believe you but although it says "Target all is up to
date" the file it is looking for (libs/libphp4.so) hasn't been created.
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[2002-08-08 11:58:16] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Glad to hear the bug is fixed, but your new problem is an end user
problem, not a PHP bug. Please figure out your installation, and where
you want things to go. If you still have trouble with that, ask on the
php-general list for help.
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