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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with
 cross dependencies.
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
>> The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was
>> built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries.  However, a
>> special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML
>> family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may
>> not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or
>> dl().
>
> See also:
> https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html
>
Exactly!  The same underlying issue at work.

Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue?
Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them"
to be enough?

-Sara