Please try using this snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/

And what shell are you using? Only bash is supported.

I tried the snapshot available at http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
I'm using bash. Still getting errors.

-I/usr/include -g   -c /home/oa_apps/php5.3-200910070430/ext/fileinfo/libmagic/encoding.c -o ext/fileinfo/libmagic/encoding.lo
    1500-052: (S) Cannot write object file.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


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Please try using this snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/

I downloaded the latest release that was mentioned at the bottom of them message 
and I still get the same error that was mentioned as this thread was opened.

/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c: In function 
'cli_seek_file_begin':
/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:621: warning: comparison 
is always true due to limited range of data type
/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c: In function 'main':
/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:1402: warning: visibility 
attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored
/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c: At top level:
/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:1402: warning: visibility 
attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored
        /bin/sh /home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/libtool --silent --preserve-
dup-deps --mode=compile gcc  -Isapi/cli/ -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/sapi/cli/ -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/include -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/main -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630 -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/ext/date/lib -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/ext/ereg/regex -
I/opt/freeware/include/libxml2 -I/usr/local/nssg/curl/include -
I/usr/local/nssg/openldap/include -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/ext/mbstring/oniguruma -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/ext/mbstring/libmbfl -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/TSRM 
-I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/Zend    -I/usr/include -g -O2 -
fvisibility=hidden   -c /home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/sapi/cli/php_cli_readline.c -o sapi/cli/php_cli_readline.lo 
        /bin/sh /home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/libtool --silent --preserve-
dup-deps --mode=compile gcc  -Imain/ -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/main/ 
-DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/include -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/main -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630 -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/ext/date/lib -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/ext/ereg/regex -I/opt/freeware/include/libxml2 -
I/usr/local/nssg/curl/include -I/usr/local/nssg/openldap/include -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/ext/mbstring/oniguruma -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/ext/mbstring/libmbfl -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl -
I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/TSRM -I/home/gilliamb/php5.3-
201009220630/Zend    -I/usr/include -g -O2 -fvisibility=hidden   -c 
main/internal_functions_cli.c -o main/internal_functions_cli.lo 
        echo '\
\
Generating phar.php
/bin/sh[14]: /home/gilliamb/php5.3-201009220630/sapi/cli/php:  not found.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 127.


Stop.

I have the same issue, after "Generating phar.php" I get
/bin/sh[14]: /home/steve/anisoft/php/php-5.3.3/sapi/cli/pdp: not found

Ayone figgure this one out?

Sorry for the previous "Me too!".  After some searching, it appears that sapi/cli/php has not been built when phar ties to run it, so a workaround is to re-configure with --disable-phar (assuming you don't need phar), but it would be nicer if the build order was adjusted so that it worked... *shrug*

Hmm.. make test just failed because CLI sapi is not there after "make".  perhaps I missed a config switch to build it?  Tried with --enable-cli (although this is the advertised default) and it compiles php_cli.lo, php_cli_readline.lo and then main/internal_functions_cli.lo and then stops saying complete, but the php executable was never built.

There we go.  Switched to gmake, and it created the php executable.

re-ran configure without --disable-phar and re-ran "gmake clean;gmake", this time, no issues.

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Hello, same problem on AIX7.1 with php-7.1.9 and ccs make. sapi/cli/php is not generated and thus phar generation fails.

Switching to gmake solves the problem.