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Doc Bug #26609 In --with-XXX-dir[=DIR], DIR is undocumented
Submitted: 2003-12-12 16:33 UTC Modified: 2003-12-12 18:01 UTC
From: elmicha@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-12-12 (stable) OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-12-12 16:33 UTC] elmicha@php.net 
Description:
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For most of the configure options that take a DIR argument, there's no definition what that DIR is. It might be obvious for people who know about configure, but other people seem to use --with-XXX-dir=/usr/include or --with-XXX-dir=/usr/lib quite often. "Install directory" could even mean the source directory from which the extension was installed.


Expected result:
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Perhaps a sentence like 

"'install directory' (DIR) below is the directory that contains an include and lib directory. So use e.g.

  --with-EXTENSION=/opt/extension

and _not_ --with-EXTENSION=/opt/extension/lib."

in the output of "configure --help" and/or on http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.configure.php would be helpful.

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 [2003-12-12 18:01 UTC] jmcastagnetto@php.net 
The minimal expected knowledge from someone compiling from 
source is to know the Gnu configuration/make tools, the 
PHP manual is not the place to educate them on this 
respect.
 
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