ID:               43384
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      kerplunk at kerplunk dot net
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         *Configuration Issues
 Operating System: CentOS 5.0
 PHP Version:      5.2.5
 New Comment:

The best autoconf version ever is 2.13. Anything above is slow, buggy
and utter crap. And as it works, why fix it? So just install the old
version and you're done. Newer is not always better..

Free hint: You can have multiple autoconf versions around. Just set
PHP_AUTOCONF and PHP_AUTOHEADER to point to the old versions, something
like this:

# export PHP_AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf213
# export PHP_AUTOHEADER=/usr/bin/autoheader213

Then buildconf and phpize stuff will use the old (working) versions. :)


Previous Comments:
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[2007-11-23 03:45:03] kerplunk at kerplunk dot net

Description:
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I do not mean to offend anyone here, but this bug should not have been
closed: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42417

If you read his last comment, it is exactly what I (and probably many
others) are thinking:

"I don't want to sound rude (I really appreciate the response), but
shouldn't the build process be updated rather than recommend a 6 year
old version of autoconf? Is it planned for >2.13 support someday or
did
the way autoconf works dramatically change? Just curious :)"

Is there an easier workaround for this? I would not have had to worry
about this in the first place if you guys didn't mess up the configuring
of PECL extensions. :(

At this point, I am not able to install the memcache PECL extension
because of this "bug."

Thank you. I would appreciate a better explanation of this, or at least
a workaround.

Reproduce code:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] php-5.2.5]# ./buildconf --force
Forcing buildconf
using default Zend directory
buildconf: checking installation...
buildconf: autoconf version 2.59 (ok)
buildconf: Your version of autoconf likely contains buggy cache code.
           Running cvsclean for you.
           To avoid this, install autoconf-2.13.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] php-5.2.5]#

Expected result:
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It should work with the latest version of autoconf.



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