#20926 [Opn->Csd]: libmcrypt error in configure

ID: 20926 Updated by: msopacua@php.net Reported By: fn@panix.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: mcrypt related Operating System: NetBSD-1.5.2 PHP Version: 4.3.0RC2 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-29 14:56:34] mdff@a1.net hi guys, just in case anything goes on out there: I GOT IT! short description: download libtool and install it. this will make php-configure recognize -lmcrypt as valid. story: the REAL problem was not having an error while compiling mcrypt with php, it was more likely that i did not have the libtool-library libltdl.* on my system! i downloaded libtool-1.4.3, configured it and ran a make install and THEN php was fine with libmcrypt! the only thing i've to say is: PLEASE, if you add a -ltdl within any configure script, let the configure script CHECK FOR IT and generate ERROR messages to the user if it's not found on the system. i spent very much time (yes, my fault but....) to figure out this stuff! this would not have occurred if your configure script told me that we need ltdl to compile our stuff! thx for support and cu, md. ps: you can close my bug-reports. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-29 05:05:21] mdff@a1.net hi guys, as told in bug 21936, i have similar problems with php-4.3.0 release (NOT an RC!) and libmcrypt-2.5.6. in this case, i do not see the solution. plz help to configure & compile, br, md. ps: sorry, this comment post went to the wrong bug before... don't know how that happened... obv. my fault ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-02 18:45:22] sniper@php.net 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 "Open". Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-11 13:10:22] derick@php.net hmm, :-) Patching configure is of little use, it's generated from config.m4 files. It would be nice if you could try to fix ext/mcrypt/config.m4, but I doubt it's possible. After you modify config.m4's dont forget to rm configure && ./buildconf It works all fine here, so I cant really help you. Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-11 13:04:24] fn@panix.com Actually, the problem is here: --- configure~ Wed Nov 27 15:02:21 2002 +++ configure Wed Dec 11 13:57:27 2002 @@ -47410,16 +47410,14 @@ save_old_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS - LDFLAGS=" - -L$MCRYPT_DIR/lib -lltdl - $LDFLAGS" + LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for mcrypt_module_open in -lmcrypt" >&5 echo $ECHO_N "checking for mcrypt_module_open in -lmcrypt... $ECHO_C" >&6 if test "${ac_cv_lib_mcrypt_mcrypt_module_open+set}" = set; then echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6 else ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS -LIBS="-lmcrypt $LIBS" +LIBS="-lmcrypt -lltdl $LIBS" cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF #line $LINENO "configure" #include "confdefs.h" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/20926 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20926&edit=1