PHP configuration:

./configure --with-shared-apache=../apache-1.3.6 --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-gd --enable-track-vars --without-pcre-regex

(configures, makes, and installs okay)

Apache 1.3.6 configuration:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a --enable-module=php3 --enable-shared=max

Configures okay, but ld dies on make with error 'Invalid option -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql'.

Explanation:

Default libphp3.module contains:

Name: php3_module
ConfigStart
	RULE_WANTHSREGEX=yes
	LIBS="-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lpam -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl  -lresolv $LIBS -lgdbm  -lgd -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient"
	RULE_HIDE=yes
ConfigEnd

When compiling Apache $LIBS gets passed to ld. ld doesn't understand the -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql option and dies.

Quick fix is modify libphp3.module to be:

Name: php3_module
ConfigStart
	RULE_WANTHSREGEX=yes
	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql"
	LIBS="-lpam -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl  -lresolv $LIBS -lgdbm  -lgd -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient"
	RULE_HIDE=yes
ConfigEnd

This ensures that -Wl,-rpath,... is only passed to gcc, and is not passed to ld.

Proper fix: modify configure script to generate libphp3.module as above.

N.B. I don't have much experience developing under Unix so I may be barking up the wrong tree...

Regards,

Tom