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Bug #60812 Makefile INSTALL_IT target ignores --exec-prefix, --libexecdir, --sysconfdir
Submitted: 2012-01-19 20:12 UTC Modified: 2021-08-22 04:22 UTC
Votes:6
Avg. Score:4.3 ± 0.7
Reproduced:5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (20.0%)
Same OS:2 (40.0%)
From: david at davidfavor dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: *Configuration Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.9 OS: Ubuntu 11.10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-01-19 20:12 UTC] david at davidfavor dot com 
Description:
------------
The INSTALL_IT target hardcodes apxs2 directories making it very difficult to 
install multiple versions of php or relocate php.

This also causes unexpected over writing of system php files, causing Apache to 
segfault.

Fixes are a bit complex because they involve configure + Makefile.

Suggest the end result produce a Makefile which honors these setting in all 
cases. So Makefile should include...

sysconfdir=argument_passed_to_configure || /usr/lib/apache2/modules
libexecdir=${exec_prefix}/argument_passed_to_configure || /etc/apache2

INSTALL_IT target then changes to...

INSTALL_IT = $(mkinstalldirs) '$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$libexecdir' && \
             $(mkinstalldirs)  '$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$sysconfdir' && \
             /usr/bin/apxs2 -S LIBEXECDIR='$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$libexecdir' \
             -S SYSCONFDIR='$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$sysconfdir' \
             -i -a -n php5 libphp5.la

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 [2013-08-28 16:25 UTC] childers dot paula at epa dot gov 
PHP 5.5.2 on RHEL 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64 

Similar but not identical issue: --exec-prefix is read, but --libexecdir and --sysconfdir are not. 

For those two variables, the default configure is pulling in a path to a different installed Apache on the same server (we have 4 total), which we believe was the last thing that was built & installed using "config/make" prior to this PHP build.  

Setting the --libexecdir and --sysconfdir explicitly at configure does not change anything, the incorrect path is still used. 

Since the Apache libs are currently all the same version, we were able to move the libphp5.so to the correct Apache's /libexec dir and still use it, but this may not be possible in the future if one Apache is upgraded prior to the others.
 [2021-08-09 14:14 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-08-09 14:14 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Is this still an issue with any of the actively supported PHP
versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2021-08-22 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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