Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7259: Unable to find required gettext library
| From: | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Date: | Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:55:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7259: Unable to find required gettext library | ||
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On 16 Oct 2000 jeffrey.hundstad@mnsu.edu wrote:
> From: jeffrey.hundstad@mnsu.edu
> Operating system: Linux/debian
> PHP version: 4.0.3pl1
> PHP Bug Type: *Configuration Issues
> Bug description: Unable to find required gettext library
>
> Problem:
> If you have the debian package libpng2 installed without the libpng2-dev libraries... and use
> --with-gettext, configure will die with:
>
> Unable to find required gettext library
>
> The real error is:
>
> configure:16776: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -L/usr/lib conftest.c -lc -lpng -lz -lgd -lresolv
> -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl -lresolv 1>&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpng
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> solution: remove libpng2 OR add libpng2-dev
> solution^2: make configure smarter ;-)
>
> -- jeffrey hundstad
>
>
>
It seems that the gettext test is far too sensitive to the absence of
other libraries (see bug #7193). I believe that it needs to be reworked
somewhat.
--
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>