I started compiling using the following commands:
./configure --without-mysql
make

I got the following result from make:

Target "all-p" is up to date.
Target "all" is up to date.
Making all in .
        cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2/ -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2 -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2/main -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2/Zend -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2 -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2/ext/xml/expat/xmltok -I/work2/php-4.0.1pl2/ext/xml/expat/xmlparse  -DXML_BYTE_ORDER=21 -g  -c stub.c && touch stub.lo
"stub.c", line 1: 1506-229 (W) File is empty.
"stub.c", line 1: 1506-356 (W) Compilation unit is empty.
        /bin/sh /work2/php-4.0.1pl2/libtool --silent --mode=link cc -g   -o libphp4.la -rpath /work2/php-4.0.1pl2/libs    stub.lo Zend/libZend.la  sapi/cgi/libsapi.la  main/libmain.la  regex/libregex.la  ext/db/libdb.la ext/pcre/libpcre.la ext/posix/libposix.la ext/session/libsession.la ext/standard/libstandard.la ext/xml/libxml.la   -ldl -lbind -lm -ldl -lcrypt
        /bin/sh /work2/php-4.0.1pl2/libtool --silent --mode=link cc -g   -o php -export-dynamic  stub.lo libphp4.la
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .alloca
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 8.


Stop.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop