#22743 [Asn]: link error when building /win32/php4ts.dsw

ID: 22743 Updated by: sfox@php.net Reported By: vbhackattack at hotmail dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.3.1 Assigned To: steph New Comment: I only just found out about this assignation! It's the second thing on my TODO @ present, I have to complete current work first. Please be patient. (Until next week.) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-26 09:17:26] kieran dot kennedy at esbi dot ie Have ou any ideas yet how to solve this problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-17 16:10:40] edink@php.net Steph promissed to look into this. Assigning to her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-17 07:22:55] vbhackattack at hotmail dot com php.exe is not compilable using the instructions at /manual/en/install.windows.php#install.windows.build and the MS VC++ project file under /win32 for all 3 source versions: - latest version complete source (php-4.3.1) - PHP snapshots latest CVS (4.5.x-dev) - PHP snapshots latest CVS (5.0.x-dev) Symptom (on MS Windows 2000 using MS VC++ 6): ... ----Configuration: php4dllts - Win32 Release_TS---- ... Linking... LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "zlib.lib" Error executing link.exe. php.exe - 1 error(s), 21 warning(s) Reason: php4dllts.dsp in php4ts.dsw contains a link.exe command that links zlib.lib which is neither included in the source package nor accounted for in the instructions. One possible resolution: update /extra/win32build.zip to include CVS [PHP] /zlib and update /manual/en/install.windows.php with instructions to build and manage zlib.lib ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22743&edit=1