#43384 [Opn->Bgs]: buildconf: Your version of autoconf likely contains buggy cache code.

ID: 43384 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: kerplunk at kerplunk dot net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: *Configuration Issues Operating System: CentOS 5.0 PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: The best autoconf version ever is 2.13. Anything above is slow, buggy and utter crap. And as it works, why fix it? So just install the old version and you're done. Newer is not always better.. Free hint: You can have multiple autoconf versions around. Just set PHP_AUTOCONF and PHP_AUTOHEADER to point to the old versions, something like this: # export PHP_AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf213 # export PHP_AUTOHEADER=/usr/bin/autoheader213 Then buildconf and phpize stuff will use the old (working) versions. :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-23 03:45:03] kerplunk at kerplunk dot net Description: ------------ I do not mean to offend anyone here, but this bug should not have been closed: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42417 If you read his last comment, it is exactly what I (and probably many others) are thinking: "I don't want to sound rude (I really appreciate the response), but shouldn't the build process be updated rather than recommend a 6 year old version of autoconf? Is it planned for >2.13 support someday or did the way autoconf works dramatically change? Just curious :)" Is there an easier workaround for this? I would not have had to worry about this in the first place if you guys didn't mess up the configuring of PECL extensions. :( At this point, I am not able to install the memcache PECL extension because of this "bug." Thank you. I would appreciate a better explanation of this, or at least a workaround. Reproduce code: --------------- [root@server php-5.2.5]# ./buildconf --force Forcing buildconf using default Zend directory buildconf: checking installation... buildconf: autoconf version 2.59 (ok) buildconf: Your version of autoconf likely contains buggy cache code. Running cvsclean for you. To avoid this, install autoconf-2.13. [root@server php-5.2.5]# Expected result: ---------------- It should work with the latest version of autoconf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43384&edit=1