#41265 [NEW]: spurious error about missing iconv

From: paul at ensigma dot com dot au Operating system: Linux - Slackware 11.0 PHP version: 5.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Compile Failure Bug description: spurious error about missing iconv Description: ------------ ./configure reports missing iconv when in fact ttf is missing Configuration line was: ./configure --with-mysql --with-gd --with-ttf --enable-track-vars --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-jpeg --with-png --with-zlib --with-tiff --with-gdbm --with-pdflib=/usr/local --with-freetype --enable-mbstring failed to compile complaining about iconv install but iconv is correctly installed. Reproduce code: --------------- Run above configuration line with no libttf Expected result: ---------------- Successful compile Actual result: -------------- checking for iconv support... yes checking for iconv... no checking for libiconv... no checking for libiconv in -liconv... no checking for iconv in -liconv... no configure: error: Please reinstall the iconv library. Config.log shows the issue: int main() { libiconv() ; return 0; } configure:44525: checking for iconv in -liconv configure:44544: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -liconv -lttf -lpng -lz -lgdbm -lz -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lxml2 -lz -lm -lxml2 -lz -lm 1>&5 /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lttf collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 44533 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ char iconv(); int main() { iconv() ; return 0; } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41265&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41265&r=mysqlcfg