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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing build configuration acinclude.m4
From: christopher.jones@oracle.com (Christopher Jones)

Jani Taskinen wrote:
 > 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)

Ditto

 >> 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.

OK!

We'll see if the bug filer responds.

 >> Is there a reason why PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAMES doesn't use
 >> AC_LIBTOOL_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER?
 >
 > Because nobody knew that exists? :)

:)

Chris

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