ID: 38997
User updated by: lstefani at fortresstech dot com
Reported By: lstefani at fortresstech dot com
Status: Bogus
-Bug Type: *Configuration Issues
+Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Linux 2.6.12
PHP Version: 5.1.6
New Comment:
Just to close out this bug report...I implemented a workaround by
manually running apxs -q on the target hardware (where apxs can
execute httpd properly), taking the result, editing the PHP configure
script, and replacing all $APXS -q references in the --with-apxs2=
section with the results. PHP configure then ran properly, and so did
make, and I was able to successfully cross-compile libphp5.so.
Understanding from Tony that PHP needs the build information from
Apache, what I'd like to see as enhancements are either
Apache dynamically create an apxs script that does *not* require
executing httpd for simple queries (such as the ones PHP configure
requires). [I've logged this request on Apache Bugzilla database.]
or
PHP configure adds environment variable overrides for $APXS -q calls
(as it does for other settings) so that configure doesn't have to be
manually edited to avoid calling apxs during cross-compilation.
At the very least, I recommend adding a warning (failure) check to PHP
configure when --with-apxs2= is set at the same time that
cross-compilation is set (i.e. build != host).
Previous Comments:
[2006-10-02 15:19:15] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you want apxs utility to be enhanced - please report it as a feature
request to Apache developers.
There is nothing PHP can do about it.
[2006-10-02 14:29:37] lstefani at fortresstech dot com
Hi Tony,
I noticed that you marked the Status as Bogus. If PHP isn't meant to
be cross-compiled, I have not found any online documentation supporting
that. In fact, the --host= and --target= options within PHP 5.1.6's
configure script suggest that cross-compilation *is* supported.
Assuming I'm correct that cross-compilation is a feature of PHP, I
believe this bug should remain open. Perhaps the Apache folks can
address this by making apxs truly platform independent, instead of
relying on binaries that may not necessarily be executable on the build
system (I've logged a bug against Apache 2.2.3 on same).
Alternatively, perhaps the PHP configure script can be enhanced to
support manual overrides of whatever is needed through the apxs -q
command to support cross-compilation?
Thanks,
Larry
[2006-09-29 21:24:17] lstefani at fortresstech dot com
Hi Tony,
Thanks for the quick response. OK, so apxs and (indirectly) httpd must
be executable. Am I correct in assuming that if I were to temporarily
install a native (X86) httpd to make PHP configure happy, I'd be in
trouble because the native compilation flags are (obviously) different
for the cross-compiled build?
Do you recommend that I attack this problem by removing the apxs
dependency and pass in all of the compilation flags, paths, etc. that
PHP needs to build the Apache module?
I'm highly motivated to make cross-compilation work because the
alternative is to install all of the source trees, toolchains, etc. on
the target platform and build natively. That's just not practical for
my development environment.
Thanks,
Larry Stefani
[2006-09-29 20:29:02] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PHP _does_ need to execute apxs to get correct compilation flags, paths
etc. required to compile Apache module. There is nothing we can do about
it.
[2006-09-29 19:18:28] lstefani at fortresstech dot com
Description:
After successfully cross-compiling Apache 2.2.3 on Linux x86 machine
for MIPS target, PHP fails to configure properly with --with-apxs2=
flag. The reason for the failure is that PHP configure executes apxs
utility, which executes httpd, but that binary was cross-compiled, so
it fails to execute.
Reproduce code:
---
env ac_cv_func_fopencookie=no ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo=yes
ac_cv_func_utime_null=yes ac_cv_func_waitpid=yes ac_cv_pread=yes
ac_cv_pwrite=yes ac_cv_sizeof_long=4
ac_cv_php_xml2_config_path=/usr/apache/bin/xml2-config
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/apache/lib/pkgconfig
ac_cv_prog_CC=/buildtools/gcc-3.3.2-glibc-2.3.2/mips-linux/bin/mips-linux-gcc
./configure --host=mips-linux --target=mips-linux --without-iconv
--without-mysql --without-pear --enable-sigchild --enable-bcmath
--with-apxs2=/usr/apache/bin/apxs --with-libxml-dir=/usr/apache
--prefix=/usr/apache
Expected result:
Successful configuration of PHP for subsequent make operation. When
configuring for cross-compilation, PHP configure should not be
dependent on
