Re: [PHP4] Problem with old versions of 'ar'

On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:06:23AM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote: > Just a FYI. This is more an issue with libtool than with PHP4, > but it does effect PHP4. > > Older versions of 'ar' limit names to 14 or so chars. That's no > real big deal, since the archives are OK, it's just that if > you add 'this_is_a_really_long_function.o' to the archive, > that name will be truncated. > > Sooooo when you 'ar x' it out, what you will get in return is > a file called something like 'this_is_a_reall'. Note the lack of > .o This means when libtools then creates a big archive from all > the object files it's extracted from the archives, _it only > adds those with a .o or .lo extension_! This means quite a few Zend > functions, for example, aren't loaded into libphp4.a and any > links when compiling fail. The PHP Group is aware of this limitation. We recommened to install GNU binutils to overcome the system's limit. > Anyone know who to contact @ Gnu about this? Maybe another option > to libtool that bypasses the scan for .o/.lo ?? Well, I don't think it makes sense to invest much time into supporting really old legacy systems like SunOS 4. - Sascha