Description:
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This bug (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44991) seems to be still present in PHP 5.3.  The first few lines of ext/mssql/config.m4 are 

  1 dnl
  2 dnl $Id: config.m4,v 1.9.2.2.2.1.2.1 2008/10/04 12:55:21 felipe Exp $
  3 dnl
  4 
  5 PHP_ARG_WITH(mssql,for MSSQL support via FreeTDS,
  6 [  --with-mssql[=DIR]      Include MSSQL-DB support.  DIR is the FreeTDS home
  7                           directory [/usr/local/freetds]])
  8 
  9 if test "$PHP_MSSQL" != "no"; then
 10 
 11   if test "$PHP_MSSQL" = "yes"; then
 12     for i in /usr/local /usr; do
 13       if test -f $i/include/sybdb.h; then
 14         FREETDS_INSTALLATION_DIR=$i
 15         FREETDS_INCLUDE_DIR=$i/include

i.e. the patch does not seem to have been applied.

Reproduce code:
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Try to compile PHP 5.3.0 with FreeTDS 0.82.

Expected result:
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Compiles.

Actual result:
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Compilation fails with 

configure: error: Could not find /usr/local/src/freetds/lib/libsybdb.a|so