Bug #18479 Updated: Bad Error Message: (libgd)

ID: 18479 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: ewhite@stsci.edu -Status: Open +Status: Closed -Bug Type: *Compile Issues +Bug Type: GD related Operating System: Doesn't Matter PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. You can grab a snapshot of the CVS version at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-22 18:22:53] ewhite@stsci.edu When you include gd support through configure, at some point it takes steps to actually detect, and make sure that libgd exists on your machine. It does separate checks, looking for a lib/libgd.(a|so), as well as a check for include/gd.h The problem is (which I ran into), that the error message for either of these checks failing is: configure: error: Unable to find libgd.(a|so) anywhere under 'blah' In my case, it WAS finding libgd.a, but it was complaining because it couldn't find gd.h It took me lots of hair pulling to finally figure out (via scanning the configure scripts) that it was actually complaining about not seeing gd.h where it expected it. The error message should EITHER specify which error occured (preferrable), or give a more generic error message of: "can't find libgd.a OR gd.h" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18479&edit=1