My last post wasn't very clear, and so here are some more details:

Using a source tree directly from tarball:

./configure --with-libedit gives:
checking for libedit readline replacement... yes
checking for readline support... no
checking for tgetent in -lncurses... yes
checking for readline in -ledit... no
configure: error: edit library required by readline not found

./configure --with-readline
./configure and compile are successful

./configure --with-libedit --with-readline
./configure successful
compile failed with error as posted previously

It seems the same behavior occurs when reusing a source tree as well.  Both ledit and lreadline show up in ldconfig -r.

Please check config.log for more details why the check fails.

Here is the config.log, from the point where it starts to get interesting.  I'm not really sure why it's breaking, but would be interested in knowing.  Let me know if there is anything else needed.

Hans

...
configure:53236: checking for PSPELL support
configure:53644: checking whether to include QDOM support
configure:54738: checking for libedit readline replacement
configure:54787: checking for readline support
configure:55705: checking for tgetent in -lncurses
configure:55724: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
conftest.c -lncurses  -lncurses -lmysqlclient -lintl -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
configure:55983: checking for readline in -ledit
configure:56002: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  
    -L/lib 
    -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql conftest.c -ledit  -lncurses -lncurses
-lmysqlclient -lintl -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
/tmp/cccEIFqx.o: In function `main':
/root/INSTALLED/php-4.2.2/configure(.text+0x7): undefined reference to `readline'
configure: failed program was:
#line 55991 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char readline();

int main() {
readline()
; return 0; }

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip

I've compiled php4-200210140600, using this ./configure:

./configure --prefix=/home1/usr/local/psh --enable-cli --without-pear --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl --with-zlib --with-bcmath --with-bz2 --enable-ftp --with-readline --with-libedit --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-ncurses --enable-pcntl --enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-expat-dir=/usr/local --enable-inline-optimization

./configure seems to go ok, and with a snippet from config.log:

configure:59125: checking for PSPELL support
configure:59536: checking whether to include QDOM support
configure:60493: checking for libedit readline replacement
configure:60539: checking for readline support
configure:60625: checking for tgetent in -lncurses
configure:60644: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql conftest.c -lncurses  -lpanel -lncurses -lmysqlclient -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
configure:60907: checking for readline in -lreadline
configure:60926: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  
    -L/usr/lib 
    -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql conftest.c -lreadline  -lncurses -lpanel -lncurses -lmysqlclient -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
configure:61059: checking for add_history in -lhistory
configure:61078: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  
    -L/usr/lib 
    -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql conftest.c -lhistory  -lreadline -lncurses -lpanel -lncurses -lmysqlclient -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
configure:61466: checking for tgetent in -lncurses
configure:61748: checking for libedit
in -ledit
configure:61767: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  
    -L/usr/lib 
    -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql conftest.c -ledit  -lncurses -lhistory -lreadline -lncurses -lpanel -lncurses -lmysqlclient -lbz2 -lz -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lm  -lcrypt 1>&5
configure:62116: checking for recode support
configure:62758: checking whether to enable PHP sessions


However the compile kicks right as the big link happens:

/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c(.text+0xc94): multiple definition of `zif_readline_completion_function'
ext/readline/readline.o(.text+0xc94):/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c: first defined here
ext/readline/readline.o: In function `zif_readline':
/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c(.data+0x80): multiple definition of `readline_module_entry'
ext/readline/readline.o(.data+0x80):/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c: first defined here
ext/readline/readline.o: In function `zm_startup_readline':
/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `zm_startup_readline'
ext/readline/readline.o(.text+0x0):/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c: first defined here
ext/readline/readline.o: In function `zm_deactivate_readline':
/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c(.text+0x10): multiple definition of `zm_deactivate_readline'
ext/readline/readline.o(.text+0x10):/home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600/ext/readline/readline.c: first defined here
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home1/tmp/snapshot/php4-200210140600.


Let me know what other details may be needed.  Thanks,

Hans

I'm using the same FreeBSD's version and the same package without any error.

By the way it looks like readline.c is still using PHP_FUNCTION and PHP_FE which are depreciated and just aliases of Zend's. Shall I update this or someone is working on it?

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