#16692 [Com]: Cannot find or read import file: /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd.exp

ID: 16692 Comment by: brandon@oit.gatech.edu Reported By: garlic@garlic.com Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Apache2 related Operating System: AIX PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: Our PHP 4.3.0 build failed to compile sapi/cli/php on our AIX machine, with over one hundred error messages like: cc: 1501-218 file ext/ctype/ctype.lo contains an incorrect file suffix The causes of this are rather subtle: 1. GNU libtool will usually not create static objects under AIX. 2. But the PHP developers want libtool to create static objects. 3. So the PHP developers provide their own ./libtool in the source tree which will create them, which they run with "/bin/sh libtool". 4. Unfortunately, while "/bin/sh <file>" usually looks for <file> in the current directory before searching through $PATH, on AIX it looks through $PATH first; thus the PHP Makefile winds up running /usr/local/bin/libtool (or wherever you have it installed) instead. Thus the solution is to modify the PHP Makefile so that the line LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) libtool --silent instead reads LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) ./libtool --silent Technical notes: When you compile and install libtool, it runs a script called libtool.m4 which, around line 2363 in the libtool-1.4.3 source, disables AIX static linking with the explanation that: "On AIX, shared libraries and static libraries use the same namespace, and are all built from PIC." It disables static linking by setting enable_static=no when it writes your libtool script; the ./libtool script in the PHP build directory works precisely because this variable is set to "yes" instead. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-27 01:00:02] php-bugs@lists.php.net No feedback was provided for this bug for over 2 weeks, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-09 14:36:16] iliaa@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip Could you please see if the problem persists with Apache 2.0.43 and PHP 4.3-dev. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-22 03:51:59] gru@porsche.co.at This also happens with Apache 2.0.36 apxs-script. After running ./configure you have to edit the config_vars.mk. Search for httpd.exp and change it to $prefix/modules/httpd.exp (as Aaron wrote). Then run "make" - without problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-07 19:29:23] aaron@php.net Did you use a special Apache layout? Does the httpd.exp file exist anywhere in your apache install tree? (I would expect it to be in $prefix/modules/httpd.exp) I won't mark this closed yet, but it seems likely to be a problem with Apache 2.0.35's apxs, and you might want to try using 2.0.36. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-23 00:11:11] sniper@php.net Reclassified. (and changed the summary) Those 'incorrect file..' warnings can be ignored. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/16692 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16692&edit=1