From: tru64@sxu.edu
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 17:14:12 EST
Thanks to all who responded to my question about installation of PHP.
--------- Original question:
I am trying to install PHP 4.3.0 on an Alphaserver DS20 running
Tru64 unix V5.1 patch kit 5. The web server software is
Netscape/IPlanet Enterprise Edition 4.1.
The configure command results in an error message:
# ./configure --with-nsapi=/usr/netscape/server4 --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
./config.status[1445]: 6: bad file unit number
However, I don't believe this is significant as I have traced it to
the following lines at the end of the config.status file:
echo """" 1>&6
echo """Thank you for using PHP." 1>&6
But, after make, make install hangs indefinitely on the message
"Installing PEAR environment."
# make install
Installing PHP CLI binary: /usr/local/bin/
Installing PHP SAPI module
Installing shared extensions: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-zts-20020429/
Installing PEAR environment: /usr/local/lib/php/
------------ The feedback I received was:
- report it as a bug to php.net (I did.)
- modify the source code to clear up confusion between long and int
pointers (not a chance)
- "I wasn't able to compile PHP 4.3.0 workably [either]....I don't
think getting PHP to work on Tru64 is a real priority with the PHPers."
- install a different C compiler (gnu) because PHP doesn't work well
with the Tru64 C compiler, even though "this is not optimal as GCC
doesn't produce optimal code for Alpha."
- try using the "CVS snapshot" (instead of the version that I downloaded,
and even though their web page says the snapshots are "not intended for
production use!" Their exclamation point, not mine.)
- try php-4.2.1
I also experienced the same problems with the newly released v 4.3.1.
But, today I downloaded the snapshot built on Feb 19, 2003 20:30 GMT which
did not give me the "bad file unit" message and did not hang on the PEAR
installation message.
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