Bug #36073 [Wfx]: Source-compiled MySQL on x86_64 causes PHP configure failure

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36073&edit=1 ID: 36073 Updated by: andrey@php.net Reported by: chris at spawnordie dot com Summary: Source-compiled MySQL on x86_64 causes PHP configure failure Status: Wont fix Type: Bug Package: MySQL related Operating System: Linux/Any PHP Version: 5.3.2 Assigned To: mysql Block user comment: N New Comment: Erm, I meant that ext/mysql gets only security fixes. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-28 09:50:05] andrey@php.net ext/mysql has been deprecated in favor of ext/mysqli. ext/mysqli gets only security fixes. Either use the workaround or switch to using mysqlnd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-06 08:10:43] philip@php.net Looks like a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-06 02:29:11] everyminutepies at yahoo dot ca I can confirm that this does in fact still happen with PHP 5.3.2 on CentOS 5.5 86_64 when compiling MySQL 5.0.xx and PHP on a standard installation. Despite being told by the configuration option --with-libdir=lib64 to use lib64/ it still chooses to use lib/ and fails to find the necessary files to continue with the ./configure. The posted workaround by Chris does work flawlessly. I invite the reviewer to explain either why the documentation is incorrect about the function of --with-libdir or why it is not respected in regards to mysql at his leisure. Trustfully, I agree not to become enraged when he suggests I know nothing about computers and post an enraged rant about him in the year 2014. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/secure/php --with-apxs2=/usr/local/secure/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/ --with-libdir=lib64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-25 23:16:19] chris at spawnordie dot com Other than the bug reviewer just being a flat-out ass... It is still a bug in PHP. The PHP configure process honors the "--with-libdir" value for PostgreSQL and many, many other packages, but NOT for its check of MySQL. It is NOT a bug in MySQL, which installs its libraries in lib64, just like every other application that is compiled for 64bit OS. But PHP somehow "magically" knows how to find all of those other applications. At the very least, it is an inconsistency that could have been cleaned up with 15 minutes of effort by the PHP team when I reported the bug 4 years ago! And, based on the fact that I provided a work-around, it should have been clear that I did, in fact, know what I was doing. Maybe my feelings were a little hurt, but there's no excuse for the rudeness this bug reviewer showed. I sincerely hope that he/she is no longer in that role -- or doing anything that requires using any level of tact with actual people -- because he/she is just a jerk and is in serious need of therapy. Maybe he/she didn't get hugged as a child and is displaying a superiority complex to cover up low self-esteem and fear of being hurt. But I digress. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-25 18:32:22] michael at michaelsnet dot us IMHO this is a documentation bug. Consider adding a README.64bit file containing this information and other relevant information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36073 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36073&edit=1