Re: ext/gd/config.m4

> There appear to be some problems in the gd detection. I'm not quite sure > what the best way is to solve them, but I'm hoping to start a dialog > that will lead to a conclusion. > > On my machine, all of the gd checks fail. If configure is checking for > gdImageCreateFromPng, for example, I get "no", and checking config.log > shows me that this is bcz there were unresolved symbols in gd.so from > the other libraries that are need, like jpeg or Xpm. > > The only way I have been able to get gd to actually detect what I have > is to apply the following patch: > Index: config.m4 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /repository/php4/ext/gd/config.m4,v > retrieving revision 1.35 > diff -u -u -r1.35 config.m4 > --- config.m4 2000/06/26 15:23:52 1.35 > +++ config.m4 2000/07/23 05:17:46 > @@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ > GD_LIBS="-lgd" > else > AC_MSG_RESULT(yes (static)) > + > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY(z) > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY(png) > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY(jpeg) > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY(ttf) > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH(Xpm, /usr/X11R6/lib) > + AC_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH(X11, /usr/X11R6/lib) > + > AC_ADD_LIBRARY(gd) > fi > old_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS > > Long story short: I have to AC_LIBRARY_ADD everything: png, z, jpeg, > ttf, Xpm, and X11. Also, I hardcoded the locations of the last two, > simply bcz this was already a hack, and I can't concieve of the correct > way to do this. > > If I do not add these lines, I cannot seem to get support for the gd > library. Well, phpinfo() tells me I have support for it (version 1.2, > when 1.8 is installed), but none of the imagecreatefrom*() are > available. > > I'm not 100% percent sure that this is not bcz of a faulty gd install, > but there does appear to be a hole in the logic of ext/gd/config.m4... > > I was having the same (type of) problem, then I manually removed every single gd related file on my computer and re-installed the latest version of GD and it worked fine. -Sterling