phpize errors out with every PECL module out there. There is no problem with upstream php built from source. Updating ebuild to beta2 doesn't fix anything. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install dev-lang/php-7.4.0_beta1 2. Download and unpack any PECL module (php-redis for example) 3. Run phpize Actual Results: build@gentoo ~/tmp/redis-5.0.2 $ /usr/lib/php7.4/bin/phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20190529 Zend Module Api No: 20190529 Zend Extension Api No: 320190529 configure.ac:161: warning: LTOPTIONS_VERSION is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd build/libtool.m4:61: LT_INIT is expanded from... build/libtool.m4:99: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from... configure.ac:161: the top level configure.ac:161: warning: LTSUGAR_VERSION is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd build/libtool.m4:61: LT_INIT is expanded from... build/libtool.m4:99: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from... configure.ac:161: the top level configure.ac:161: warning: LTVERSION_VERSION is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd build/libtool.m4:61: LT_INIT is expanded from... build/libtool.m4:99: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from... configure.ac:161: the top level configure.ac:161: warning: LTOBSOLETE_VERSION is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd build/libtool.m4:61: LT_INIT is expanded from... build/libtool.m4:99: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from... configure.ac:161: the top level configure:5010: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_ifval If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation. configure:8608: error: possibly undefined macro: _LT_SET_OPTIONS configure:8608: error: possibly undefined macro: LT_INIT build@gentoo ~/tmp/redis-5.0.2 $ Expected Results: build@gentoo ~/tmp/redis-5.0.2 $ phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20190529 Zend Module Api No: 20190529 Zend Extension Api No: 320190529 build@gentoo ~/tmp/redis-5.0.2 $
Have you please tried extending USE_PHP with php7-4 in your local overlay and installing via portage?
Created attachment 587388 [details, diff] PHP7.4 libtool patch After looking at more closely I think I understand somewhat what is going on. PHP folks reworked build system between 7.3 and 7.4 banning aclocal.m4 usage etc. The PHP upstream uses old libtool and it works for them, but not for Gentoo as it uses autoreconf and friends. Gentoo already copies it's own libtool.m4 into PHP, but with reworked PHP build system it's not enough any more – newer libtool in Gentoo doesn't use single libtool.m4 (like the on in PHP upstream) and we need more. This patch fixes the issue for me.
Created attachment 587390 [details, diff] Eclass patch Note that to make PECL etc ebuilds to work, this patch for eclass is needed as well – phpize removes aclocal.m4 itself now.
We fixed this a different way with https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/eclass/php-ext-source-r3.eclass?id=807c50548fe64456d6b7373cb1091675faaa0501
