> > 
> > 2. in ext/informix i got the warning
> > 
> > ../../libtool: cd: ext/informix: No such file or directory
> > libtool: link: warning: cannot determine absolute directory name of  'ext/informix'
> > libtool: link: passing it literally to the linker , although it might fail
> > 
> > then everything compiles and links normally
> 
>     Please post the full command line which generated the above
>     output. Something like
> 
>     /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile <...>
> 
> -- 
 here is the output of the make

gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../libzend -I../../TSRM -I/usr/src/php-4.0b3-RC3/../apache_1.3.9/src/include -I/usr/src/php-4.0b3-RC3/../apache_1.3.9/src/os/unix   -I/opt/informix/incl/esql   -I../.. -I../../libzend    -O2 -mpentiumpro -g -I/opt/informix/incl/esql -c stub.c
rm -f libifx.a
ar cru libifx.a stub.o /opt/informix/lib/esql/checkapi.o
ranlib libifx.a
(if test -d /opt/informix; then \
   esql -e -EDHAVE_IFX_IUS ifx.ec; \
 else \
   touch ifx.c; \
 fi)
/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../libzend -I../../TSRM -I/usr/src/php-4.0b3-RC3/../apache_1.3.9/src/include -I/usr/src/php-4.0b3-RC3/../apache_1.3.9/src/os/unix   -I/opt/informix/incl/esql   -I../.. -I../../libzend    -O2 -mpentiumpro -g -I/opt/informix/incl/esql -c -o ifx.lo ifx.c
/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=link gcc  -O2 -mpentiumpro -g -I/opt/informix/incl/esql  -L/opt/informix/lib -L/opt/informix/lib/esql -o libphpext_informix.la   ifx.lo -L/opt/informix/lib -L/opt/informix/lib/esql  -lifsql -lifasf -lifgen -lifos -lifgls -ldl -lcrypt -Lext/informix -lifx -lifglx 
.../../libtool: cd: ext/informix: No such file or directory
libtool: link: warning: cannot determine absolute directory name of `ext/informix'
libtool: link: passing it literally to the linker, although it might fail

Hope that helps

Peter


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