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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing build configuration acinclude.m4
From: jani.taskinen@sci.fi (Jani Taskinen)

Christopher Jones wrote:
> 
> Does anyone (where's Jani?) want to comment on updating (*) the
> definition of PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAMES in acinclude.m4?

I don't want to comment on stuff I don't use.. :)
(I don't do HP-UX)

> The PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAMES macro is very simplistic in setting the
> SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME shared lib file extension.  In comparison, the
> AC_LIBTOOL_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER macro in build/libtool.m4 is more
> finegrained, in particular in differentiating between HP-UX Itanium
> and HP-UX PA RISC.
> 
> The base problem was reported for the OCI8 extension in
> http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15016
> 
> An untested patch for acinclude.m4 is:
> 
> --- acinclude.m4.orig    2008-12-03 13:55:53.000000000 -0800
> +++ acinclude.m4    2009-03-10 13:57:10.000000000 -0700
> @@ -1975,8 +1975,16 @@
>   SHLIB_DL_SUFFIX_NAME=$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME
>   case $host_alias in
>   *hpux*[)]
> -   SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME=sl
> -   SHLIB_DL_SUFFIX_NAME=sl
> +   case $host_cpu in
> +     ia64*[)]
> +       SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME=so
> +       SHLIB_DL_SUFFIX_NAME=so
> +       ;;
> +     *[)]
> +       SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME=sl
> +       SHLIB_DL_SUFFIX_NAME=sl
> +       ;;
> +   esac
>     ;;
>   *darwin*[)]
>     SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME=dylib
> 
> Is $host_cpu appropriately set at this point of configuration?

Try it? If it works, commit.

> Is there a reason why PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAMES doesn't use
> AC_LIBTOOL_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER?

Because nobody knew that exists? :)

--Jani