PHP 5.2 can't be installed on Debian 7

[GM-Alex]

If I try to install PHP 5.2 on Debian with

phpbrew install --old php-5.2.15 +default +intl

it fails with

libtool: unrecognized option -export-dynamic'
Trylibtool --help' for more information.
make: *** [sapi/cli/php] Error 1

This is similar to issue #83 but the solution don't work. I tried the the following tutorial (after using phpbrew to download all): http://tobyf.de/2013/03/php-5-2-auf-debian-wheezy/ (sorry only German, but the commands should be understandable) which seems to work. So I tried it using phpbrew with the parameters given in the tutorial to test if it works. This looks like this

phpbrew install --old php-5.2.15 --enable-force-cgi-redirect --enable-fastcgi --with-regex=php --enable-calendar --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-sysvmsg --enable-bcmath --with-bz2 --enable-ctype --with-iconv --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-gettext --enable-mbstring --with-pcre-regex --enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-wddx --with-libxml-dir=/usr --with-zlib --with-openssl=/usr --enable-soap --enable-zip --with-mhash=yes --with-gd --with-mysql --with-mysqli --with-pdo-mysql --with-pear --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-libdir=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

which fails with the same error. So I tried the following

./configure --enable-force-cgi-redirect --enable-fastcgi --with-regex=php --enable-calendar --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-sysvmsg --enable-bcmath --with-bz2 --enable-ctype --with-iconv --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-gettext --enable-mbstring --with-pcre-regex --enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-wddx --with-libxml-dir=/usr --with-zlib --with-openssl=/usr --enable-soap --enable-zip --with-mhash=yes --with-gd --with-mysql --with-mysqli --with-pdo-mysql --with-pear --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-libdir=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ --prefix=/opt/phpbrew/php/php-5.2.15 --with-config-file-path=/opt/phpbrew/php/php-5.2.15/etc --with-config-file-scan-dir=/opt/phpbrew/php/php-5.2.15/var/db --with-pear=/opt/phpbrew/php/php-5.2.15/lib/php

with

make

Which should be the same but works. So it seems very strange to me...

[GM-Alex]

No one any idea?

[chadrien]

I think it's not exactly the same. @c9s will confirm but I think you should do phpbrew install --old php-5.2.15 -- --enable-force-cgi-redirect --enable-fastcgi --with-regex=php --enable-calendar --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-sysvmsg --enable-bcmath --with-bz2 --enable-ctype --with-iconv --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-gettext --enable-mbstring --with-pcre-regex --enable-shmop --enable-sockets --enable-wddx --with-libxml-dir=/usr --with-zlib --with-openssl=/usr --enable-soap --enable-zip --with-mhash=yes --with-gd --with-mysql --with-mysqli --with-pdo-mysql --with-pear --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-libdir=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ (note the --, cf. https://github.com/c9s/phpbrew#extra-configure-options)

I don't have any debian VM to test it atm, could you try it?

[c9s]

Hi @GM-Alex,

Please see https://github.com/c9s/phpbrew/wiki/Troubleshooting#install-php5324-and-it-reports-unrecognized-option--export-dynamic , I guess it's caused by iconv or gettext extension.

you can also run php-config to see the configure options of your current local running php.

Pedro

[c9s]

Sorry I just saw you added +intl, then I don't know the reason, maybe search on bug.php.net or see the configure options from debian PHP package?

[pkordylewski]

I would be really interested in any solution here, having the same problem for ages now. Can't get PHP 5.2 running on Debian 7.

[GM-Alex]

The problem must in phpbrew. Because the two commands (the one via phpbrew and the stuff "by hand") should be exactly the same. phpbrew must do something different. If I reviewed the code right phpbrew runs the config command and then the make command, right?

[chadrien]

@GM-Alex : did you tried after adding the -- as I suggested you?

On Debian 7.1, I managed to run this command, I went through the configure but then crashed during make

I'll try on a Debian 7 in virtualbox this week end

[GM-Alex]

Yes I already tried it with --. I missed that above in the code snipped I posted. Maybe it's the patch which is hardcoded in the source of phpbrew?!?

[chadrien]

Maybe, I saw that when installing 5.2, phpbrew is applying a patch for 5.4. It's possibly normal as the patch corrects things for both 5.2 and 5.4, I don't know yet.

I didn't have the time to test phpbrew on debian this week end, but I'll definitely do it tonight.

[c9s]

Added a patch for CXX patch at 16ba00d

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Hadrien Collongues <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

Maybe, I saw that when installing 5.2, phpbrew is applying a patch for
5.4. It's possibly normal as the patch corrects things for both 5.2 and
5.4, I don't know yet.

I didn't have the time to test phpbrew on debian this week end, but I'll
definitely do it tonight.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/175#issuecomment-33348469
.

Best Regards,

Yo-An Lin

[GM-Alex]

The pull request I send solved the problem for me.

[alwinmark]

Same Problem still here installing 5.3.X on Ubuntu with phpbrew:

phpbrew - 1.13.0
cliframework core: 1.5.12

Maybe the patch is totally screwed?

One thing maybe pointing to that issue are these lines from the log output:

===> php-5.3.28.tar.bz2 downloaded.
Found existing php-5.3.28, Skip extracting.
===> Applying patch file for freetype include path bug...
patching file configure
Hunk #1 succeeded at 38287 (offset -926 lines).
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #2 succeeded at 40185 with fuzz 1 (offset -1210 lines).
===> Configuring 5.3.28...

[GM-Alex]

There was no new release since the merge of my changes...

[c9s]

oh almost forgot.. sorry

1.13.1 just got released! please take a look.

[alwinmark]

but still the patch for php5.3.x seems to be broken (I mean that file that got downloaded during the installation, but "unexpectedly ends in middle of line")

[marcioAlmada]

Same as #492 (comment)