Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5947 Updated: configure program looks form "libc-client.a" (IMAP) and not for "c-client.a"

Isn't it better to create the symlink to php's own build directory? That should not require configuring as root. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> To: "Bug Database" <php-dev@lists.php.net> Cc: <guerrero@educa1.upc.es> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 18:00 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #5947 Updated: configure program looks form "libc-client.a" (IMAP) and not for "c-client.a" > > ID: 5947 > > User Update by: guerrero@educa1.upc.es > > Status: Closed > > Bug Type: Installation problem > > Description: configure program looks form "libc-client.a" (IMAP) and not for "c-client.a" > > > > I installed c-client library for myselve and my PHP documentation references that library as c-client.a (IMAP section) and not libc-client.a > > Yes, and that is incorrect which is why every package of this library > fixes this and why it is documented at > http://www.php.net/manual/ref.imap.php that you need to fix > this and why > PHP's configure script has this check: > > if test -r "$IMAP_DIR/c-client/c-client.a"; then > ln -s "$IMAP_DIR/c-client/c-client.a" "$IMAP_DIR/c-client/libc-client.a" >/dev/null 2>&1 > elif test -r "$IMAP_DIR/lib/c-client.a"; then > ln -s "$IMAP_DIR/lib/c-client.a" "$IMAP_DIR/lib/libc-client.a" >/dev/null 2>&1 > fi > > So, PHP does try to fix this for you if you haven't fixed it > yourself. But, you probably weren't running ./configure as root, so it > was unable to create this symlink > > -Rasmus > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >