recompiling php question

j-ray · 07-19-2002, 02:07 PM

i just recompiled php and again i have to think about 2 questions:

1. if i configure --with-mysql=path/2/mysql i should know the correct path but whatever i try - it's the wrong one (mysql installed as rpm). where are the header files? compiler always complains about that

2. in the php INSTALL i read that if i want to recompile php i have to delete config.cache. wtf is that? i cant find it.

all in all everything working fine, i guess, but i'd really like to know that.
thnx a lot!
jens

Mara · 07-19-2002, 02:34 PM

1) I don't remember if it needs path to binary or to main directory. It's /usr or /usr/bin
2) If it's first compilation from the source you have, it's not there. Config.cache is a file when configuration from last run of configure is kept. It's a good idea to remove it (and run all checks) when you've modified your configuration. It should be in php source main directory.

Mara · 07-19-2002, 02:35 PM

1) I don't remember if it needs path to binary or to main directory. It's /usr or /usr/bin . You may also need to install mysql-devel (headers).
2) If it's first compilation from the source you have, it's not there. Config.cache is a file when configuration from last run of configure is kept. It's a good idea to remove it (and run all checks) when you've modified your configuration. It should be in php source main directory.

j-ray · 07-20-2002, 07:49 AM

Hi Mara, thanks for your reply + congrats you've become guru!
unfortunately you were wrong this time. it's neither /usr nor /usr/bin. i tried it and /usr/lib, too.

but i guess it's not too important.( tommorrow i'll go on holiday for a couple dayz.)
cheers, jens

rverlander · 07-20-2002, 08:02 AM

For MySQL RPM --with-mysql=/usr or --with-mysql=/usr/include or --with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql usally works

and config.cache dun need to be deleted unless u have compiled the exact same ver b4

Mara · 07-20-2002, 04:10 PM

I think that:
whereis mysql
should return the correct dir (just remove bin).