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Bug #33226 php 5.0.4 no longer detects endianness when cross-compiling
Submitted: 2005-06-03 02:32 UTC Modified: 2005-06-03 21:40 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: jbparsons at ucdavis dot edu Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-06-03 02:32 UTC] jbparsons at ucdavis dot edu
Description:
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php 5.0.3 and earlier used AC_C_BIGENDIAN during configuration to detect the endianness of the target system.  This autoconf macro is capable of detecting the endianness of many systems even when cross-compiling.

php 5.0.4 now uses AC_TRY_RUN instead, which means that it is no longer able to detect the endianness of a target, and it must instead be configured manually.

This makes it harder to configure php correctly when building for embedded systems, such as the Linksys nslu2, where this problem was noticed.



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 [2005-06-03 08:02 UTC] sniper@php.net
Yes, life is hard sometimes. If you can provide a reliable way to detect endianness when cross-compiling, feel free to send a patch. 
 [2005-06-03 21:40 UTC] jbparsons at ucdavis dot edu
what's wrong with AC_C_BIGENDIAN?
 
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