Re: PHP 5.3.0, phar symlink breaks rpm building.

Xyntrix wrote: > Congratulations on the 5.3 milestone! > > Packaging the 5.3.0 stable release into an RPM (linux) will error as the bin/phar symlink is > created using the build-time path variable. This has been submitted as bug: > > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48740 > > Patch: > > --- php-5.3.0/ext/phar/Makefile.frag.orig 2009-07-02 11:44:24.000000000 -0700 > +++ php-5.3.0/ext/phar/Makefile.frag 2009-07-02 11:45:42.000000000 -0700 > @@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ > install-pharcmd: pharcmd > -@$(mkinstalldirs) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir) > $(INSTALL) $(builddir)/phar.phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir) > - $(LN_S) -f $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/phar.phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/phar > + $(LN_S) -f phar.phar $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(bindir)/phar > > > I encourage this to be included in the next 5.3 release as it is likely cause some woe for > vendors that are packaging php. > > I didn't see any specific rpm building automation tests available and the makerpm script > included in the source is a bit dated. Would it be of any benefit to the community to provide an > updated reference spec file and makerpm script for rpm capabable platforms? Sure, I don't think we have been paying much attention to that. Contributions would be welcome. -Rasmus