failed php build on OSX: "libexpat.la bad magic number (not a Mach-O file)" & "directory name (/lib) does not exist"

hi all, a build of php-latest (php4-200206071800) on OSX Server 10.1.4 with: ./configure --enable-shared --enable-static --prefix=/usr/local/php4 --with-layout=PHP --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/private/etc/php4/ --mandir=/usr/local/man --localstatedir=/private/var/php4 --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib --with-expat-dir=/usr/local/expat --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-openssl --with-imap-ssl --with-mcrypt --with-mhash=/usr/local --with-kerberos --with-imap=/usr/local/imap --enable-mailparse --enable-magic-quotes --enable-ftp --enable-force-cgi-redirect --enable-discard-path --enable-inline-optimization --with-pear --with-zlib --enable-calendar --disable-safe-mode --with-tsrm-pthreads fails @ "/usr/bin/ld: warning -L: directory name (/lib) does not exist /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/expat/lib/libexpat.la bad magic number (not a Mach-O file)" as follows: .o Zend/zend_qsort.o Zend/zend_multibyte.o Zend/zend_execute.o sapi/apache2filter/sapi_apache2.o sapi/apache2filter/apache_config.o sapi/apache2filter/php_functions.o main/internal_functions.o -lcrypto -lssl -lc-client -lexpat -lmysqlclient -lmhash -lmcrypt -lltdl -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lbind -lm -ldl -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -ldl -o libs/libphp4.bundle && cp libs/libphp4.bundle libs/libphp4.so /usr/bin/ld: warning -L: directory name (/lib) does not exist /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/expat/lib/libexpat.la bad magic number (not a Mach-O file) /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _pcre_free ext/pcre/pcrelib/pcre.o definition of _pcre_free in section (__DATA,__data) /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _pcre_free /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _pcre_fullinfo ext/pcre/pcrelib/pcre.o definition of _pcre_fullinfo in section (__TEXT,__text) /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _pcre_fullinfo /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _pcre_malloc ext/pcre/pcrelib/pcre.o definition of _pcre_malloc in section (__DATA,__data) /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _pcre_malloc /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _regcomp /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _regcomp /usr/lib/libm.dylib(regcomp.o) definition of _regcomp /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _regexec /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _regexec /usr/lib/libm.dylib(regexec.o) definition of _regexec /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _regfree /usr/local/apache2/sbin/httpd definition of _regfree /usr/lib/libm.dylib(regfree.o) definition of _regfree make: *** [libs/libphp4.bundle] Error 1 [root@server] i haven't found why make is complaining about "/lib" (yet) ...... unfortunately, there is *no* "/lib" on OSX ..... as for the libexpat error ..... i'm stumped ........ expat built just fine, and is used by a number of other progrs successfully ...... any thoughts/suggestions on either would be much appreciated! fyi, details of my environment are doc'd on my web-page, below ..... cheers, richard -------------------------------------- R Blake blakers <at> mac.com http://homepage.mac.com/blakers --------------------------------------