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Bug #60772 DB4/DB5 configure library lookup broken --build=x86_64-linux-gnu is passed
Submitted: 2012-01-16 19:25 UTC Modified: 2013-10-15 11:54 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.0
Reproduced:4 of 4 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (50.0%)
Same OS:3 (75.0%)
From: david at davidfavor dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.3.9 OS: Ubuntu 11.10
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 [2012-01-16 19:25 UTC] david at davidfavor dot com 
Description:
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First DB4/DB5 library lookup is far to simple.

Lookups are done for /usr/lib/libdb.a then /usr/lib/libdb.so in that order.

First problem is there's no consideration of 'shared', which if specified should 
reverse the search looking for .so before .a as they usually both exist.

Second problem is when --build=x86_64-linux-gnu (or any other value) is passed 
no consideration is given. This means /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu libraries are 
ignored.

Neither --with-libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu or --libdir=x86_64-linux-gnu 
have any effect.

Third problem is diagnostics as many systems may have multiple copies of DB 
installed. Be great to echo the info out of /usr/include/db.h as in...

DB_VERSION_{MAJOR,RELEASE,MINOR,PATCH} to clarify what's occurring.

Probably logic similar to libcurl is a good place to start.

Ugly fix is ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.1.so /usr/lib/.

Expected result:
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Use all /usr/lib/(--build) libraries if --build is specified.

Actual result:
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--build is ignored.

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 [2013-10-01 12:43 UTC] mike@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2013-10-01 12:43 UTC] mike@php.net 
How about --with-libdir=lib/x86_64-linux-gnu?
 [2013-10-15 11:54 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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