Re: link error on compile php4ts.dsw -cannotopen input file "zlib.lib"

Hi John, > I'll report a bug against php-4.3.1.tar.gz and > /manual/en/install.windows.php for this situation with zlib.lib so it can be > tracked. Thats the right way! > > I have a couple of related questions if anyone can help get me up the PHP > "Build from source" learning curve. > > 1) I should have dug deeper in CVS [PHP] /zlib to discover that it builds > zlib.lib and that would have saved both of us some time. But I wasn't clear > on the CVS [PHP] structure and how it relates to [PHP] /php4/ext/zlib. Is > there a readme somewhere that explains the overall directory structure of > CVS [PHP]? Not to my knowledge, but keep asking and one day we might read one :-) I have a short read me on my homepage (http://kromann.info/php4.php). It uses the command line version of CVS (as included with WinCVS). I'll make a not to write a config section as well. > 2) I just installed WinCVS and I'm looking at /anoncvs.php which is written > from a command-line CVS client point of view. Are there any pointers on > translating the various instructions to their appropriate section of the > WinCVS config? Most of PHP is based on Unix&Linux version of CVS. If you know CVS it is not too difficult to translate it into the config of WinCVS. > > 3) Where is the php 5.0.x tree in CVS? I see [PHP] /php3 and [PHP] /php4 > but no [PHP] /php5. On cvs.php.net we have php4, Zend, TSRM and ZendEngine2. When checking out PHP4 you get a copy of php4, Zend and TSRM. With php5 you get php4, TSRM and ZendEngine2 (in Zend). This is handled by a module wrapper on the cvs server. - Frank