Bug #36073 [Wfx]: Source-compiled MySQL on x86_64 causes PHP configure failure

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36073&edit=1

 ID:               36073
 User updated by:  chris at spawnordie dot com
 Reported by:      chris at spawnordie dot com
 Summary:          Source-compiled MySQL on x86_64 causes PHP configure
                   failure
 Status:           Wont fix
 Type:             Bug
 Package:          Compile Failure
 Operating System: Linux/Any
 PHP Version:      5.1.2

 New Comment:

Other than the bug reviewer just being a flat-out ass...

It is still a bug in PHP.  The PHP configure process honors the
"--with-libdir" 
value for PostgreSQL and many, many other packages, but NOT for its
check of 
MySQL.  It is NOT a bug in MySQL, which installs its libraries in lib64,
just 
like every other application that is compiled for 64bit OS.  But PHP
somehow 
"magically" knows how to find all of those other applications.  At the
very 
least, it is an inconsistency that could have been cleaned up with 15
minutes of 
effort by the PHP team when I reported the bug 4 years ago!

And, based on the fact that I provided a work-around, it should have
been clear 
that I did, in fact, know what I was doing.  Maybe my feelings were a
little 
hurt, but there's no excuse for the rudeness this bug reviewer showed. 
I 
sincerely hope that he/she is no longer in that role -- or doing
anything that 
requires using any level of tact with actual people -- because he/she is
just a 
jerk and is in serious need of therapy.  Maybe he/she didn't get hugged
as a 
child and is displaying a superiority complex to cover up low
self-esteem and 
fear of being hurt.  But I digress.


Previous Comments:
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[2010-03-25 18:32:22] michael at michaelsnet dot us

IMHO this is a documentation bug.  Consider adding a README.64bit file
containing this information and other relevant information.

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[2006-01-18 23:53:50] [email protected]

Works fine for me.
Hint: Don't try building Mysql yourself if you don't know how to do it
properly. Use the binary packages provided by MySQL.
And last but not least: report this to MySQL. It's not our fault if they
do things wrong.

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[2006-01-18 22:14:10] chris at spawnordie dot com

Description:
------------
Please accept my apologies if this is already reported - I searched and
didn't find it.

When configuring PHP for x86_64, it is necessary to use:
--with-libdir=lib64

When you compile MySQL from source, it does not place its files in
lib64, but rather lib.

MySQL was configured using:
--prefix=/usr/local/mysql

Configuring PHP using:
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
fails with this:
checking for MySQL support... yes
checking for specified location of the MySQL UNIX socket... no
checking for MySQL UNIX socket location... no
configure: error: Cannot find libmysqlclient under /usr/local/mysql.
Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!

This fixes the problem:
cd /usr/local/mysql
ln -s lib lib64

When PHP is configured using --with-mysql=<mysql_dir> and
--with-libdir=<lib_dir>, it should search <mysql_dir>/<lib_dir> and then
<mysql_dir>/lib

Reproduce code:
---------------
./configure --with-mysql=<path/to/mysql> when MySQL is compiled from
source code

Expected result:
----------------
successful configure

Actual result:
--------------
configure fails with:
checking for MySQL support... yes
checking for specified location of the MySQL UNIX socket... no
checking for MySQL UNIX socket location... no
configure: error: Cannot find libmysqlclient under /usr/local/mysql.
Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!



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