Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8575: && [PHP-INST] PHP 4.0.4 - unable to configure under Solaris 2.6 (explanation)

Hi Maciek Uhlig, thanks for posting this message to the list : you answered a question I was lacking a answer since a few weeks now. The bug you describe is not only "available" ;-) on Solaris 2.6 : I've got the same bug on a RedHat 6.2, and I found yesterday somone described the same on a slackware 7.0 in php.net bug DB.And 3 or 4 people posted to the list with the same problem: "undefined symbol compress & uncompress". As I'm not an expert with autoconf/automake and ld, I solved the problem by rebuilding MySQL from the tarball (wich is I must admit a much less elegant way to solve the problem). But that was not answering my question. So you did ! Thanks :) Maciek Uhlig wrote:

Introduction: OK, so you don't believe PHP 4.0.4 configure fails under Solaris 2.6? :-) Ju st read on. You'll get known how it is possible at all. Below you'll find th e complete history as well as the description what was going on and why it f ailed (even two times). [SNIP]