Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7711 Updated: undefined symbol __ns_name_unpack@@GLIBC_2.1

I agree the problem is not a bug in PHP but since anyone using Debian and the Debian BIND package will likely run into this problem it seems reasonable for the PHP configure script to be a little smarter and detect the situation. On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Jani Taskinen wrote: > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:34:47 +0200 (EET) > From: Jani Taskinen <sniper@iki.fi> > To: gwu@acm.org > Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #7711 Updated: undefined symbol > __ns_name_unpack@@GLIBC_2.1 > > On 9 Nov 2000 gwu@acm.org wrote: > > >ID: 7711 > >User Update by: gwu@acm.org > >Status: Closed > >Bug Type: *General Issues > >Description: undefined symbol __ns_name_unpack@@GLIBC_2.1 > > > >The problem was due to the fact that there was no 'libbind.so' (only libbind.a) > >on the system. In fact, libbind.so is not available in Debian BIND package. > >I had to hand build libbind.so from the ISC source which does not support > >building shared library. > > AFAIK, the configure doesn't care whether it is .so or .a (shared or static) > and thus the assumptions made in #5148 make even more sense since it > worked after you recompiled it with the new GLIBC. -> Not a bug in PHP. > > --Jani > > > > >In any case, I think the PHP configuration script should have detected the > >condition and indicated as such. > > > >Previous Comments: > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >[2000-11-09 09:43:41] sniper@php.net > >Closed.Please check bug report #5148. > >This has nothing to do with PHP. > > > >--Jani > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >[2000-11-09 01:45:41] gwu@acm.org > >Compiling fails with the following error: > > > > > >/usr/bin/ld: .libs/libphp4.so: undefined versioned symbol name __ns_name_unpack@@GLIBC_2.1 > >/usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: Bad value > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >Full Bug description available at: > >http://bugs.php.net/?id=7711 > > > > > > > > --