Bug #61951 [Fbk->NoF]: "make install" script fails when prefix dir is a symbolic link

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61951&edit=1 ID: 61951 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com Summary: "make install" script fails when prefix dir is a symbolic link -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Bug Package: Compile Failure Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.4.2 Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-10-01 13:59:23] mike@php.net Please try using this snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://windows.php.net/snapshots/ Works fine here. $ make install Installing PHP CLI binary: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/bin/ Installing PHP CLI man page: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/php/man/man1/ Installing PHP CGI binary: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/bin/ Installing PHP CGI man page: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/php/man/man1/ Installing build environment: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/lib/php/build/ Installing header files: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/include/php/ Installing helper programs: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/bin/ program: phpize program: php-config Installing man pages: /tmp/php-5.4/sym/php/man/man1/ page: phpize.1 page: php-config.1 $ cat config.nice #! /bin/sh # # Created by configure '/home/mike/src/php-5.4/configure' \ '--cache-file=config.cache' \ '--disable-all' \ '--prefix=/tmp/php-5.4/sym' \ "$@" $ ls -ld sym lrwxrwxrwx 1 mike users 4 1. Okt 15:07 sym -> real $ ls -ld real drwxr-xr-x 6 mike users 120 1. Okt 15:55 real ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-05-07 19:25:36] stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com Specifically, the PHP Makefile fails when the destination of the symbolic link doesn't end with a trailing slash. This will cause the new Makefile to fail...: drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 7 21:21 php542 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 May 7 21:10 php -> php542 ...but the Makefile bug doesn't manifest itself in this case: drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 7 21:21 php542 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 May 7 21:10 php -> php542/ (Note the trailing slash at the end of the symbolic link destination...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-05-05 11:00:50] stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I've been using a symbolic link scheme for the prefix destination dir of PHP/Apache/etc. software that I compile myself for over ten years now, to easily and quickly switch between releases in case of problems showing up when I move to a new version: # ls -l /usr/opt drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Mar 20 2011 php536 drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Dec 11 12:44 php538 drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 May 5 11:02 php542 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6 May 5 11:02 php -> php542 ... ./configure --prefix=/usr/opt/php --other-flags If something goes wrong, I just shut down the servers, change the symbolical link, restart... You get the idea... It is not a problem with any earlier version of PHP, but as of PHP 5.4.0 something changed in the "install" portion of the Makefile that breaks this handy practice: # make install Installing PHP CLI binary: /usr/opt/php/bin/ Installing PHP CLI man page: /usr/opt/php/php/man/man1/ mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php: File exists mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php/man: Too many levels of symbolic links mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php/man/man1: Too many levels of symbolic links *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/opt/php-5.4.2 (line 243 of Makefile). And when I take a look at what the install script has been doing: # cd /usr/opt/php # ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 5 13:43 bin lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 May 5 11:02 php -> php For some reason, when the prefix dir is a symbolic link, the 5.4.x Makefile creates a symbolic link to itself inside the prefix dir. Note also that the timestamp of the symbolic is identical to the actual symbolic link I make for the prefix destination, as if the Makefile tries to copy the directory into itself. The problem is easily solved by entering the prefix dir, removing the broken link that the install script creates and just "mkdir php", then resuming "make install" again. This shouldn't be needed, obviously. The script shouldn't fail just because the prefix happens to be a symbolic link to an actual destination sitting in the same directory - there are no technical complications caused by this handy practice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61951&edit=1