Bug #74686 [Opn->Fbk]: ./configure does not respect --prefix for libxml2 (specifically xml2-config)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74686&edit=1 ID: 74686 Updated by: danack@php.net Reported by: jonas at ogaard dot no Summary: ./configure does not respect --prefix for libxml2 (specifically xml2-config) -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Bug Package: Compile Failure Operating System: Red Hat 4.4.7-17 PHP Version: 7.1.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: > but this can't possibly be intended functionality .....why not? PHP uses lots of libraries. Each of them need to have a flag that says which directory they are in, which is why you can specify the library location per extension (i.e. --with-libxml-dir, --with-imagick) I'm pretty sure that prefix is to tell the compilation process where to build files to, not to read them from: "--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local]" Feel free to explain further if you think this is a bug, or just allow it to close if that's enough explanation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-01 09:48:51] jonas at ogaard dot no Description: ------------ If libxml2 lies in an unconventional prefix-path $PREFIX, running ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX does not make the build script search $PREFIX/usr/local/bin or $PREFIX/usr/bin for xml2-config, but instead it defaults to /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin . Luckily --with-libxml-dir=$PREFIX resolves this, but this can't possibly be intended functionality Test script: --------------- ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX Expected result: ---------------- Configuration halts due to missing xml2-config file ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74686&edit=1