Bug #69680 [Com]: phar symlink in binary directory broken

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69680&edit=1 ID: 69680 Comment by: remi@php.net Reported by: matteo dot bernardini at gmail dot com Summary: phar symlink in binary directory broken Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: *Compile Issues Operating System: linux PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: remi Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Applied in http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c3d983f3af509655951bb659e360c69ba9bf7188 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-05-21 12:07:44] remi@php.net Automatic comment on behalf of remi Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=a7de68f98ac563b57156c31c3b89653444af68ef Log: Fixed bug #69680 (phar symlink in binary directory broken). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-05-21 11:51:09] matteo dot bernardini at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Platform: slackware64-current, php-5.6.8/9 The phar symlink in the binary directory point to a non-existing file in the build folder $ ls -la /usr/bin/phar lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 mag 8 20:50 /usr/bin/phar -> /tmp/package-php//usr/bin/phar.phar but there's nothing in /tmp/package-php//usr/bin/phar.phar (the link is broken) and the invocation of phar from the command line fails $ ls -la /tmp/package-php//usr/bin/phar.phar /bin/ls: cannot access /tmp/package-php//usr/bin/phar.phar: No such file or directory $ ls -la /usr/bin/phar.phar -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14823 apr 24 20:32 /usr/bin/phar.phar the problem seems to be a line in the file ext/phar/Makefile.frag where the link is created with the following command $(LN_S) -f $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/phar.phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/phar we better omit the path and make the symlink relative (see also the discussion in https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1288) the patch is a pull request on github: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1294 Test script: --------------- $ phar -bash: phar: command not found $ Expected result: ---------------- $ phar No command given, check /usr/bin/phar help $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69680&edit=1