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Bug #37855 ./buildconf fails without obvious warning
Submitted: 2006-06-20 01:58 UTC Modified: 2006-06-20 05:57 UTC
From: bens at effortlessis dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *Compile Issues
PHP Version: 4.4.2 OS: CentOS 4.x
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-06-20 01:58 UTC] bens at effortlessis dot com 
Description:
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Buildconf fails to operate as needed - it does not write a new ./configure script. Therefore, installing new extensions (such as php-template, http://php-templates.sourceforge.net) is not possible. 

PHP release 4.3.4 is the last release I'm able to get working. Although there's a warning about cache code, I'm running a LATER than recommended release of autoconf! 

Reproduce code:
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/bin/sh; 
# tar -zxvf php-4.4.2.tgz; 
# cd php-4.4.2; 
# ./buildconf --force; 

Expected result:
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[root@kepler php-4.3.4]# ./buildconf --force
Forcing buildconf
using default Zend directory
buildconf: checking installation...
buildconf: autoconf version 2.59 (ok)
buildconf: Your version of autoconf likely contains buggy cache code.
           Running cvsclean for you.
           To avoid this, install autoconf-2.13 and automake-1.5.
buildconf: libtool version 1.5.6 (ok)
rebuilding configure
autoconf/programs.m4:438: AC_DECL_YYTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:147: the top level
rebuilding main/php_config.h.in
autoheader: WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
autoheader: WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
autoheader: WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.
autoheader:
autoheader: WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
autoheader: WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
autoheader: WARNING: `acconfig.h':
autoheader:
autoheader: WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_FUNC_MAIN], 1,
autoheader:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])
autoheader:
autoheader: WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
autoheader: WARNING: documentation.
autoconf/programs.m4:438: AC_DECL_YYTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:147: the top level


Actual result:
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[root@kepler php-4.4.2]# ./buildconf --force
Forcing buildconf
using default Zend directory
buildconf: checking installation...
buildconf: autoconf version 2.59 (ok)
buildconf: Your version of autoconf likely contains buggy cache code.
           Running cvsclean for you.
           To avoid this, install autoconf-2.13.
[root@kepler php-4.4.2]#

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 [2006-06-20 05:57 UTC] derick@php.net 
There is no way why you have to run buildconf yourself. You can use phpize for those external extensions. In order for buildconf to work properly you need a good working set of autotools which you don't seem to have (see the warnings when running buildconf for example). See http://php.net/anoncvs.php at the end for the recommended versions.
 
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