Bug #17484: Error "grep: can't open conftest.out" while running ./configure

From: b.courtin@t-online.net Operating system: Solaris 2.8 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: *Configuration Issues Bug description: Error "grep: can't open conftest.out" while running ./configure Hi, while running "./configure" for php-4.2.1 on Solaris 2.8 I get the following error which prevents from compiling the sources (see below, summary: Error "grep: can't open conftest.out" while running ./configure). Compiling php-4.2.0 on the same platform works without any problems. php-4.2.1 # ./configure --prefix=/opt/php_test/ creating cache ./config.cache checking for Cygwin environment... no checking for mingw32 environment... no checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8 checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no Updated php_version.h checking how to run the C preprocessor... grep: can't open conftest.out cc -E checking for AIX... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... none checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking whether compiler supports -R... yes -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17484&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17484&r=globals