Bug #78788 [NEW]: ./configure generates invalid php_version.h

From: php at shyim dot de Operating system: NixOs PHP version: 7.4.0RC5 Package: Compile Failure Bug Type: Bug Bug description:./configure generates invalid php_version.h Description: ------------ Before running ./configure cat main/php_version.h /* automatically generated by configure */ /* edit configure.ac to change version number */ #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 7 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 4 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC5" #define PHP_VERSION "7.4.0RC5" #define PHP_VERSION_ID 70400 After running ./configure cat main/php_version.h /* automatically generated by configure */ /* edit configure.ac to change version number */ #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION linux #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION gnu #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "" #define PHP_VERSION "linux.gnu." #define PHP_VERSION_ID Should this file not readonly / fixed to version? Test script: --------------- cat main/php_version.h ./configure cat main/php_version.h Expected result: ---------------- ./configure does not modify main/php_version.h -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78788&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78788&r=mysqlcfg