Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5762: Configuration of --with-mysql does not work, even when updated w/info f Rasmus

I'm gonna grovel at the bottom of this reply. in the mean time, the INSTALL documentation uses /usr/local for mysql, and does not indicate that you should do /usr for the standard MySQL install from RPM's, and it does not mention that the mysql code has to find both libraries and header files...could that possibly be updated for idiots like me? In the mean time, do you know what happens when someone with root priv's does an rpm -e MySQL? Locate still says it is there for quite some time. That person is now in trouble, mainly because I didn't notice. I am red faced and embarrased for not noticing that before I reposted the bug. I would still have disputed the documentation details, but I would have gotten a compile to work. I humbly apologize and beat myself with 100,000 lines of code on GreenBar paper. I screwed up! Grovel, grovel, grovel..... bug On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > Well, where exactly are your files? Are they even installed? > Specifically, what is the full path to mysql.h and libmysqlclient.a ? > > -Rasmus > > On 24 Jul 2000 bughuntr@ctelcom.net wrote: > > > From: bughuntr@ctelcom.net > > Operating system: RedHat 6.2 > > PHP version: 4.0.1pl2 > > PHP Bug Type: Installation problem > > Bug description: Configuration of --with-mysql does not work, even when updated w/info f > > Rasmus > > > > --with-mysql configure problems. Any combination of > > --with-mysql=/usr > > --with-mysql=/usr/local > > --with-mysql=/usr/include > > --with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql > > > > fails. Rasmus replied it was adequately explained in the install file. Perhaps their > > is an updated install file? I looked: > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > I did not find this explained in the INSTALL file that came with the > > 4.0.1pl2 download. > > > > It says: > > For MySQL support, since newer versions of MySQL installs its various > > components under /usr/local, this is the default. If you have > > changed the location you can specify it with: --with-mysql=/opt/local > > for example. Otherwise just use: --with-mysql > > > > this does not indicate that you should use /usr only. There is no > > indication in that file that _both_ the library and header files need to > > be found, and that is the path you should choose. > > > > The ./configure script puts out the following warning: > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | *** WARNING *** | > > | | > > | You chose to compile PHP with the built-in MySQL support. If you | > > | are compiling a server module, and intend to use other server | > > | modules that also use MySQL (e.g, mod_auth_mysql, PHP 3.0, | > > | mod_perl) you must add > > | --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql to your configure line. | > > .... > > > > furthermore, when you follow the INSTALL FILE, (--with-mysql=/usr/local) > > you get this error: > > ... > > checking for MySQL support... yes > > configure: error: Cannot find header files under /usr/local > > > > > > And, when you do what you said (--with-mysql=/usr), you get this error: > > ... > > checking for MySQL support... yes > > configure: error: Cannot find header files under /usr > > > > I get this same error messages with /usr/include, or /usr/include/mysql. > > I am reopening this bug with the information I have just provided. > > > >  > > On 23 Jul 2000, Bug Database wrote: > > > ID: 5741 > > > Updated by: rasmus > > > Reported By: bughuntr@ctelcom.net > > > Status: Closed > > > Bug Type: Installation problem > > > Assigned To: > > > Comments: > > > > > > ./configure --with-mysql=/usr > > > > > > This is explained adequately in the INSTALL file. It needs to find > > both header and library files, and since there are no library files > > anywhere under /usr/include, you have to provide the lowest-level path > > under which both the .a or .so and the .h files exist. And in your case > > that would be /usr > > > > > > Full Bug description available at: > > > http://bugs.php.net/?id=5741 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >