Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61951&edit=1
ID: 61951
Comment by: stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com
Reported by: stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com
Summary: "make install" script fails when prefix dir is a
symbolic link
Status: Open
Type: Bug
Package: Compile Failure
Operating System: Any
PHP Version: 5.4.2
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Specifically, the PHP Makefile fails when the destination of the symbolic link
doesn't end with a trailing slash.
This will cause the new Makefile to fail...:
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 7 21:21 php542
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 May 7 21:10 php -> php542
...but the Makefile bug doesn't manifest itself in this case:
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 7 21:21 php542
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 May 7 21:10 php -> php542/
(Note the trailing slash at the end of the symbolic link destination...)
Previous Comments:
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[2012-05-05 11:00:50] stolen dot data dot net at gmail dot com
Description:
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I've been using a symbolic link scheme for the prefix destination dir of
PHP/Apache/etc. software that I compile myself for over ten years now, to
easily
and quickly switch between releases in case of problems showing up when I move
to a new version:
# ls -l /usr/opt
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Mar 20 2011 php536
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Dec 11 12:44 php538
drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 May 5 11:02 php542
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6 May 5 11:02 php -> php542
...
./configure --prefix=/usr/opt/php --other-flags
If something goes wrong, I just shut down the servers, change the symbolical
link, restart... You get the idea...
It is not a problem with any earlier version of PHP, but as of PHP 5.4.0
something changed in the "install" portion of the Makefile that breaks this
handy practice:
# make install
Installing PHP CLI binary: /usr/opt/php/bin/
Installing PHP CLI man page: /usr/opt/php/php/man/man1/
mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php: File exists
mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php/man: Too many levels of symbolic links
mkdir: /usr/opt/php/php/man/man1: Too many levels of symbolic links
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/opt/php-5.4.2 (line 243 of Makefile).
And when I take a look at what the install script has been doing:
# cd /usr/opt/php
# ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 5 13:43 bin
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 May 5 11:02 php -> php
For some reason, when the prefix dir is a symbolic link, the 5.4.x Makefile
creates a symbolic link to itself inside the prefix dir. Note also that the
timestamp of the symbolic is identical to the actual symbolic link I make for
the prefix destination, as if the Makefile tries to copy the directory into
itself.
The problem is easily solved by entering the prefix dir, removing the broken
link that the install script creates and just "mkdir php", then resuming "make
install" again.
This shouldn't be needed, obviously. The script shouldn't fail just because the
prefix happens to be a symbolic link to an actual destination sitting in the
same directory - there are no technical complications caused by this handy
practice.
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