Bug #1647: ld could not find libpcre.a

From: sterling@nrg-inc.com Operating system: RedHat 6.0/Linux 2.2.5 PHP version: 3.0.11 PHP Bug Type: Compile Failure Bug description: ld could not find libpcre.a When performing a compile of Apache and PHP3, creating a shared module, I ran PHP3 configure as follows: ./configure --with-shared-apache=../apache_1.3.6 --with-mysql --enable-debug --enable-track-vars It configured and compiled fine. However, apache fails to configure under the following directives: ./configure --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE --activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a --enable-shared=php3 --enable-module=so It fails with the following message: Configuring for APache, Version 1.3.6 + using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout) + activated php3 module (modules/php3/libphp3.a) Creating Makefile Creating Configuration.apaci in src /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lpcre: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [dummy] Error 1 Creating Makefile in src + configured for Linux platform + setting C compiler to gcc + setting C pre-processor to gcc -E + checking for system header files + adding selected modules o php3_module uses ConfigStart/End + enabling generation of Apache core as DSO + using -ldl for vendor DSO support + doing sanity check on compiler and options ** A test compilation with your Makefile configuration ** failed. This is most likely because your C compiler ** is not ANSI. Apache requires an ANSI C Compiler, such ** as gcc. The above error message from your compiler ** will also provide a clue. Aborting! The library (libpcre.a) is compiled and exists, but is never copied out of the php-3.0.11 source tree, so I manually copied to /usr/lib: cp ./pcrelib/libpcre.a /usr/lib This solves the problem, but I'd expect a more automated solution.