#22184 [Fbk->Opn]: Compile fails looking for m4sugar

ID: 22184 User updated by: marcus@synchromedia.co.uk Reported By: marcus@synchromedia.co.uk -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Compile Failure Operating System: OpenBSD 3.1-stable PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-02-12 (stable) New Comment: I downgraded to autoconf 2.13 (and buildconf no longer complains about it), but I'm still getting the same error. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 09:14:41] iliaa@php.net Since the configure and the .h files are already built running buildconf does nothing beyond checking that they exists and moving on. Autoconf 2.53 is not recommended for building php configure, if possible try upgrading to a later version (2.57 is the latest) or downgrade to 2.13, which is known to work properly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 08:56:47] marcus@synchromedia.co.uk From my original posting: I'm using autoconf 2.53, automake 1.6.3, libtool 1.4.3 and m4 1.4. Just for good measure, I recompiled and reinstalled all of them. Any other programs I should check? Is the release version built like a snapshot? It does do a buildconf like the CVS version, but I don't get this error with it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 07:48:29] iliaa@php.net The difference betweent the snapshots & the CVS is that with snapshots buildconf has already been run the the configure script has been built using the individual m4 files. Since you are having problem with the CVS I must conclude that the problem lies with one of the system utilities used during the buildconf process. What versions of autoconf & libtool are you using? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 05:41:38] marcus@synchromedia.co.uk When I said I was using a fresh checkout, I did mean completely fresh - I deleted everything and checked out an entirely new tree, so I'd already eliminated that. That snapshot compiles ok. I just checked out another brand-new tree and I get the same error as described originally, so the difference is somewhere between the current CVS and that snapshot. I did notice that the snapshot builds quite differently to the CVS version. for example, ./buildconf just outputs one line, and the build includes the creation of a whole load of symbolic links that I've not noticed before. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 10:37:41] iliaa@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip Try getting a fresh tree (not updating the old one) the error you are seeing is probably due to corrupted CVS sources. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/22184 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22184&edit=1