[PHP-BUG] Bug #71219 [NEW]: php's configure script incorrectly checks for ttyname_r availability

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From:             atoth at atoth dot sote dot hu
Operating system: Linux (Gentoo Hardened)
PHP version:      5.6.16
Package:          *Compile Issues
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:php's configure script incorrectly checks for ttyname_r availability

Description:
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While PHP's configure script checks for ttyname_r it uses this code
snippet:
return ttyname_r(0, buf, 64) ? 1 : 0;
Although ttyname returns a pointer to the fd's null-terminated pathname
or NULL on error - ttyname_r behaves differently: it stores the pathname
in a buffer and returns 0 on success or an error number.
http://linux.die.net/man/3/ttyname_r
Therefore the above cited check will report a failure upon success.
Configure emits a messages about posix_ttyname being thread unsafe,
despite ttyname_r is available.

I suggest to change the test logic by taking into account the return
values. I attach a trivial example patch below.

Please note, that this minor issue affects both 5.6* and the new 7.0*
branches. I could not select both branches for the report...


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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71219&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=trysnapshot54
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=trysnapshot55
Try a snapshot (trunk):     https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=trysnapshottrunk
Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71219&r=mysqlcfg
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