Re: [PHP4BETA] modular php build on unix

Hi Greg, Gergely Madarasz wrote: > I checked php4 to build a debian package from it and I have concerns > regarding the shared extension build of the packages... > I see the xml module can be build as a shared extension, but the build > script builds a libphpext_xml.so.0.0.0 with a soname libphpext_xml.so.0, > while, I guess, the name of the module should be xml.so and there is no > need for a soname. This is not a library, to be linked against, just a > module to be loaded. The flag -avoid-version to libtool will disable the > version extension in the file generated, but the soname will remain. I > guess that won't be such a big problem. > > BTW I don't quite get what this make does. First it compiles xml.c to > xml.o without libtool, creates libphpext_xml.a, then invokes libtool, > compiles xml.c again, now twice (xml.o and xml.lo), and then creates both > the .a and the .sa archives. I don't know why the first compile happens, > the second can be disabled by disabling static libraries in libtool. > > Additionally if these things are settled, I'm willing to help making the > other extensions, just tell me how to do it what problems I might > encounter :) You know I use most time Debian. But I did a compile on RedHad 6.0 today. To be able to do the ./buildconf I installed libtool-1.3.3. Then I noticed that AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is not in the library. So I commented it out in configure.in.in. The build succeeded with this warning: "ext/xml/Makefile.am:8 Library used but `LIBTOOL' not defined in `configure.in'. Stig are there some RPMs for libtool, autoconf, and automake? -Egon