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Bug 19781

Summary: PHP -4.3.1 ebuild econf fail
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: David E.Miller <idavidmiller>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: output to screen from emerge php command
shows output from phpinfo() call from a test.php file

Description David E.Miller 2003-04-22 11:42:59 UTC
PHP package PHP-4.3.1 fails to complete. Exits withs error message:

configure: error: pcntl: fork() not supported by this platform

!!! ERROR: dev-php/php-4.3.1 failed.
!!! Function econf, Line 273, Exitcode 1
!!! econf failed

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge php




portage shows: php-4.3.0-r3  installed
               mod_php-4.3.1 installed

phpinfo() attached as file test.php.html

file php.log attached with complete emerge output results
Comment 1 David E.Miller 2003-04-22 11:45:31 UTC
Created attachment 11004 [details]
output to screen from emerge php command

lines near end of file show error mesage details
Comment 2 David E.Miller 2003-04-22 11:49:14 UTC
Created attachment 11005 [details]
shows output from phpinfo() call from a test.php file

This html file shows PHP 4.3.1 installed but portage shows 4.3.0-r3.
mod_php-4.3.1 is installed.
Comment 3 David E.Miller 2003-04-22 11:53:33 UTC
Apache + php/mod_php appears to work normally as currently configured
Comment 4 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-22 13:29:25 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15816 ***