#50209 [Opn->Fbk]: Compiling with libedit cannot find readline.h
ID: 50209
Updated by: jani@php.net
Reported By: tcallawa at redhat dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Compile Failure
Operating System: Linux (Fedora)
PHP Version: 5.3.0
New Comment:
Please try using this snapshot:
http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
For Windows:
http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
Previous Comments:
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[2009-11-17 21:49:34] tcallawa at redhat dot com
Description:
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The PHP code assumes that even with libedit in use (instead of
readline), that the header can be found in readline/readline.h.
libedit installs its "readline.h" into editline/ (to avoid the obvious
conflict with readline).
Accordingly, configure claims that libedit is not properly installed,
when it is. I've written a straightforward patch to fix this:
http://spot.fedorapeople.org/php-5.3.0-libedit.patch
It is also possible to use pkgconfig to ask libedit for its include
flags (and cflags), which would return "-I/usr/include/editline", but as
that was slightly more intrusive, I did not go down that road.
In addition, on a system where readline-devel and libedit-devel are
both installed, the existing code checking for
/usr/include/readline-devel will cause a false positive when checking
for libedit, and will end up doing a compile with readline's headers and
libedit's library.
Reproduce code:
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./configure --without-readline --with-libedit
Expected result:
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checking for libedit readline replacement... yes
checking for readline in -ledit... yes
Actual result:
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checking for libedit readline replacement... yes
configure: error: Please reinstall libedit - I cannot find readline.h
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