Re: Bug #1619: apxs and --with-system-regex doesn't combine, causing crash

From: Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:10:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Bug #1619: apxs and --with-system-regex doesn't combine, causing crash
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It shouldn't be a three-way choice. The regex package included with PHP and the one included with Apache are identical. Jim Rene' Seindal wrote: > > HI, > > I have now experimented a bit more with this. > > I have taken down some patches to php.h and configure.in from CVS > regarding compilation with apxs. > > I think part of the problem with the autoconf logic around > --with-system-regex is because it is sometimes a three way choice, not a > two way choice. > > When compiling php as a cgi-program, there are the choices of using the > bundled Henry Spencer regexp lib og using the GNU based libc code (at > least on my system). > > When compiling php as an Apache module, there are the three posibilities > of using the bundled HS lib, of using the HS lib in apache (if > configured), or of using the libc version. > > Or, the other way around: > If apache is compiled to use the libc regexps, there are two choices for > php, but if apache is compiled with --enable-rule=WANTHSREGEX, there are > three posibilities. > > The changes made by Sascha Schumann in CVS doesn't handle the three way > choice. I compiled apache with HSREGEX and php with > --with-system-regex, but then configure took the bundled regex anyway. > Now I have apache with its own regex code, php with its own and libc > regexps unused. > > Currently (with the cvs change) the confgure.in code is like (in some > home made pseudo code: > > if using apxs > if apache uses hsregex > use bundled regex > else > use libc > endif > else > if with-system-regex == no > use bundled regex > else > use libc > endif > endif > > I think something like this would be more appropriate, causing > --with-system-regex to mean whatever apache uses, when php is compiled > as module. > > If using apxs > if with-system-regex == no > use bundled regex > else > /* do as apache does */ > if apache uses hsregex > use apache's regex code > else > use libc > endif > endif > else > if with-system-regex == no > use bundled regex > else > use libc > endif > endif > > Whether --with-system-regex should be interpreted like that is up to you > the developers. Other interpretations could be made. > > I hope this is of a little help. > > Sascha Schumann wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 11:00:41PM -0000, rene@seindal.dk wrote: > > > From: rene@seindal.dk > > > Operating system: linux 2.0.36/slackware 3.6 > > > PHP version: 3.0.11 > > > PHP Bug Type: Reproduceable crash > > > Bug description: apxs and --with-system-regex doesn't combine, causing crash > > > > > > For some unknown reason the bundled regex doesn't work anymore (for me). Maybe > > > it is connected to the (new?) PCRE code?? > > > > > > The bundled regex did work for me with 3.0.9 > > > > > > When I used --with-system-regex, config.h didn't change. > > > > PHP uses the configuration from Apache. > > > > If you want system regex, compile Apache with > > --enable-rule=WANTHSREGEX and PHP will use that, too. > > -- > René Seindal (rene@seindal.dk) > http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ > > -- > 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

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