Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/09/23/04:05:44
Gerrit P. Haase schrieb:
> if you ask me, the PHP build system is broken.
I said before, that the php build system is horrible. Something to hate.
But it has gotten much better.
broken shared lib targets are really matter of libtool.
> I tried to build 5.0.1, I'm getting no lipphp, no shared modules,
libphp.a builds fine. Then the problem begins. But I still believe that
the problem is in my lack of understanding the dirty details of dlltool
and friends.
> libdb is not found...
same as with apache :)
> If you specify an extension and the relevant
> dependency is not available the configure exits, it is terrible, this
> sucks really.
agreed. there should be an apache-like --enable-most option, which tries
to find the installed libraries.
adding them expliticly gives you at least the configure line
output in <?phpinfo?>.
> How do I need to configure to get a shared library? Shared modules?
shared modules are built automatically.
> Why isn't there a howto about this in the source dist included? Who
> is responsible for this broken system?
I never cared to read their devel mailinglist. I only cared to use it,
and struggle with configure from time to time.
I didn't trust their abilities too much, in comparison to most other
languages developers (lisp, perl, ...). But I like the product!
> If I call `make libphp5.la` I get a static archive, no DLL, it is
> weird...
> I hate this package since I tried to build it the first time.
:)
> Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 um 17:38 schriebst du:
>>Should we build statically?
>>no. that's about 17MB for each php.exe or dll :)
> My executable is 8 MB stripped.
>
>>you want pdflib and pspell also?
>>see my list. pdflib is non-free I think.
>
>
> I don't know, pdflib-lite is available as source, isn't the license
> OSI approved? I don't have aspell installed, but if it is available
> as shared module, why not?
>
>
>>I'd need xdebug also, maybe apd.
>>best would be to add all the modules which are supported and in the
>>nightly snaps.
>
>>>That would be OK if all the extensions are built as modules, but building
>>>everything into one php executable would make it pretty big, wouldn't it?
>
>
>>the extensions are just shared interfaces to the existing dll.
>>only mysql and some esoteric ones, which are not in the usual setup are
>>static.
>
>
> Why don't I get a shared libphp? How to configure it to get it with
> shared modules?
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