Re: Making gd Extensions

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Dennis Moore wrote: I wrestled with this for about an hour before I looked at WHY the heck the configure script thinks it knows more than I do. Apparently if it can DECOMPRESS a GIF (i.e., Make a PNG *from* a gif, which the FreeBSD installer and some packages like rpms are known to do, I noticed this because the makefile was having a hell of a time downloading a wierd file called gd_gif_in.c.bz2), then the stupid configure script says "Hey, you must have full gif support". The solution? I tried even pointing the thing at the gd BUILD directory in my ports tree, same problem. Here's the secret solution. Edit the configure script, search for the line: #define HAVE_GD_GIF 1 change it to #undef HAVE_GD_GF Do the same with HAVE_GD_GIF_CTX Essentially you're crippling the already crippled gif support, which MIGHT make it useless for thumbnailing gifs and displaying png thumbnails, which is a quite valid use (ImageMagick!), but apparently php/gd either fully supports an image type (or dies trying) or doesn't at all. Configure as usual. Worked for me. NOW...Someone wanna write the configure script better so this isn't such a problem? Hint:the FreeBSD ports tree should not choke just because a user checks the box that says "gd". -Dan Mahoney Please reply directly, I get way too much listmail. > GD is was much too painful to install. It complains about everything. > However, I did finally got it working thanks to your tip Rasmus. Thanks. I > did have an older version of gd lying around on the box. > > I manually removed all gd libs and headers from the server. I recompiled GD > 1.8.4 (I got tired of 2.0.1. It kept complaing about truecolor) . I then > copied my php configure script and then blew away the entire PHP source. I > found this was necessary. There is probably another way around this. But I > needed to be sure that some old stuff wasn't laying around. I unpacked the > PHP tarball again. Ran configure script. It worked... > > I can really empathize with Chris. I find coding PHP much easier than > Perl. However< I am not willing to switch. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> > To: "Chris Mulcahy" <cmulcahy@cmulcahy.com> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:06 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] Making gd Extensions > > > > That's quite a rational response... > > > > The most common problem people have when building GD support is that they > > download their own version of GD, but leave the system version of GD and > > PHP picks up the system header files instead of the desired ones and > > things get confused. > > > > Building PHP with GD on RH-6.2 should be quite trivial once you sit down > > and have a look at the error messages and the config.log file and work out > > why you are getting the clashes. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Chris Mulcahy wrote: > > > > > Dennis: > > > > > > Unfortunately, no, I have not had any luck or even any responses to my > > > email. > > > > > > I have officially given up on PHP and have banned it from any system I > > > administer due to problems such as this. Once you get past the mod_perl > > > compiling with Apache, all is well with Perl and extending it is easier. > > > > > > Too bad, really, because PHP is an elegant language that is easy to > > > develop in. Compiling extensions, however, is an entirely different > > > matter. > > > > > > I wish you luck, if/when you resolve the problem, please be sure to post > > > the solution, there are still several unanswered requests for assistance > > > in the Google/Dejanews archives for this exact problem. > > > > > > Good luck and happy programming! > > > Chris Mulcahy > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dennis Moore [mailto:dmoore@ravens-nest.com] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:00 PM > > > > To: Chris Mulcahy; php-general@lists.php.net > > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Making gd Extensions > > > > > > > > > > > > The problem I had was with the compilation of the gd program. > > > > I installed > > > > an RPM version of gd from Redhat and recompiled. It worked > > > > like a charm on > > > > RedHat v7.0. > > > > > > > > I am still working on the tarball version of gd. The > > > > documentation says to > > > > play around the order of some of the settings in the makefile. > > > > Unfortunately, I have to work with a older version of RedHat on this > > > > machine. RedHat v6.2. > > > > > > > > Have you had any luck yet? > > > > > > > > /dkm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Chris Mulcahy" <cmulcahy@cmulcahy.com> > > > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:10 AM > > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Making gd Extensions > > > > > > > > > > > > > So far, there have been no answers, so I'm guessing that > > > > either we're > > > > > the only two receiving this or everyone who has received it has been > > > > > unable to resolve the problem. > > > > > > > > > > My searches on Google have been unsuccessful so far. There > > > > are quite a > > > > > few reports of the problem, but no responses. > > > > > > > > > > If I learn anything, I'll be sure to let you know. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Dennis Moore [mailto:dmoore@ravens-nest.com] > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:59 PM > > > > > > To: Chris Mulcahy; php-general@lists.php.net > > > > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Making gd Extensions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having a similar problem using gd-2.0.1 where the > > > > > > compilation complains > > > > > > about "conflicting type gdIOCtx". I am getting a knot on my > > > > > > forehead from > > > > > > the wall in front of me. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > /dkm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Chris Mulcahy" <cmulcahy@cmulcahy.com> > > > > > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:31 AM > > > > > > Subject: [PHP] Making gd Extensions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The current item I'm wrestling with is the gd extensions. > > > > > > I've rebuilt > > > > > > > PHP and Apache so many times to enable one feature only to > > > > > > learn that I > > > > > > > forgot to recompile one that I'd relied on previously. > > > > It's a never > > > > > > > ending battle to get all of the features required. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The .so extensions option is a great feature that I'd like > > > > > > to make use > > > > > > > of. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In trying to compile the gd .so extension (gd-1.8.4), I'm > > > > > > receiving the > > > > > > > following errors. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > Chris Mulcahy > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Making all in ext > > > > > > > make[1]: Entering directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext' > > > > > > > Making all in gd > > > > > > > make[2]: Entering directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd' > > > > > > > make[3]: Entering directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd' > > > > > > > gcc -I. > > > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd -I/home/cm > > > > > > > ulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/main > > > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webse > > > > > > > rver/php-4.0.6 > > > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/Zend -I/hom > > > > > > > e/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/mysql/libmysql > > > > > > -I/home/cmulc > > > > > > > ahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/xml/expat/xmltok > > > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/t > > > > > > > ransfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/xml/expat/xmlparse > > > > > > -I/home/cmulcahy/tran > > > > > > > sfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/TSRM -DSUPPORT_UTF8 > > > > > > -DXML_BYTE_ORDER=12 -g -O2 > > > > > > > -c gd.c && touch gd.lo > > > > > > > gd.c:95: conflicting types for `gdIOCtx' > > > > > > > /usr/local/include/gd_io.h:18: previous declaration of > > > > > > > `gdIOCtx' > > > > > > > gd.c: In function `php_if_imagecreatefromgif': > > > > > > > gd.c:1209: `gdImageCreateFromGif' undeclared (first use in > > > > > > > this > > > > > > > function) > > > > > > > gd.c:1209: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > > > > > > > gd.c:1209: for each function it appears in.) > > > > > > > gd.c: In function `php_if_imagegif': > > > > > > > gd.c:1404: `gdImageGif' undeclared (first use in this > > > > > > > function) > > > > > > > make[3]: *** [gd.lo] Error 1 > > > > > > > make[3]: Leaving directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd' > > > > > > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > > > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext/gd' > > > > > > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > > > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > > > > > > `/home/cmulcahy/transfer/webserver/php-4.0.6/ext' > > > > > > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- "Is Gushi a person or an entity?" 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