I get an error message "No rule to make target `libmodphp3-so.a', needed by `libphp3.so'.  Stop." while trying to compe PHP 3.0.5 into Apache 1.3.3 using the APACI Method.

The system's running a libc5-Linux, kernel version 2.0.35, gcc v2.7.2.1, GNU make 3.76.1, GNU ar 2.8.1.

In preparation for a suitable RPM archive (RedHat package manager) I've so far written a little shell script which, as soon as it works, I'll use for the RPM. So far it doesn't work: it fails when trying to compile Apache.

Here's how I configure/make PHP (assume root dir is Apache's dist dir and PHP is a subdir. Ignore Mod_Perl.):

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# Run configure once so PHP doesn't complain
./configure --prefix=/usr

# Configure and install PHP into Apache dir
cd php-3.0.5
./configure --with-apache=..  --with-gd=/usr/include/gd  --with-zlib=/usr \
 --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/httpd  --enable-safe-mode \
 --enable-track-vars  --enable-magic-quotes \
 --enable-memory-limit
make install
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Runs fine so far. Now I configure and try to install Apache:

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# Configure Apache
cd <back-to-apache-dir>
./configure  --prefix=/usr  --bindir=/usr/bin  --sbindir=/usr/sbin  --datadir=/usr/local/httpd \
 --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd  --mandir=/usr/man  --logfiledir=/var/log  --localstatedir=/var \
 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec/apache  --enable-module=most  --enable-module=auth_anon \
 --enable-module=status  --enable-module=info  --enable-module=auth_db \
 --enable-module=auth_dbm  --enable-module=digest  --enable-module=cern_meta \
 --enable-module=expires  --enable-module=headers  --enable-module=include \
 --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \
 --activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a \
 --enable-shared=max  --enable-suexec  --suexec-caller=wwwrun  --suexec-userdir=.www \
 --suexec-uidmin=100  --suexec-gidmin=100  --suexec-safepath="/bin:/usr/bin"
# Compile Apache and its modules
make
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FYI: configure outputs:
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Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.3
 + activated perl module (modules/perl/libperl.a)
 + activated php3 module (modules/php3/libphp3.a)
Creating Makefile
Creating Configuration.apaci in src
 + enabling mod_so for DSO support
Creating Makefile in src
 + configured for Linux platform
 + setting C compiler to gcc
 + setting C pre-processor to gcc -E
 + checking for system header files
 + adding selected modules
    o rewrite_module uses ConfigStart/End
      enabling DBM support for mod_rewrite
    o dbm_auth_module uses ConfigStart/End
    o db_auth_module uses ConfigStart/End
      using Berkeley-DB/1.x for mod_auth_db (-ldb)
    o perl_module uses ConfigStart/End
      + mod_perl build type: DSO
      + id: mod_perl/1.16
      + id: Perl/5.00404 (linux) [perl]
      + setting up mod_perl build environment
      + adjusting Apache build environment
    o php3_module uses ConfigStart/End
 + using -ldl for vendor DSO support
 + doing sanity check on compiler and options
Creating Makefile in src/support
Creating Makefile in src/main
Creating Makefile in src/ap
Creating Makefile in src/regex
Creating Makefile in src/os/unix
Creating Makefile in src/modules/standard
Creating Makefile in src/modules/proxy
Creating Makefile in src/modules/perl
Creating Makefile in src/modules/php3
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So everything fine so far. Now when I runs make:

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<=== src/modules/perl
===> src/modules/php3
gcc -c  -I../../os/unix -I../../include   -DLINUX=2 -DMOD_PERL -DUSE_HSREGEX `../../apaci` -fpic -DSHARED_MODULE  mod_php3.c && mv mod_php3.o mod_php3.so-o
make[4]: *** No rule to make target `libmodphp3-so.a', needed by `libphp3.so'.  Stop.
make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/apache_1.3.3/src'
make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/apache_1.3.3'
make: *** [build] Error 2
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Any idea? This occurs regardless whether I also enable MySQL support or not...

-------( Added 2.Nov.98 10:25 CET )--------
As PHP itself doesn't know a --shared-option I suppose you mean to include PHP3 using --shared-module instead of --activate-module. This works fine.