There is no USE-flag (or alternative) available to compile php with static zlib library. Everey emerge results in shared library useage. This is a problem because of a specific issue regarding PHP and Flash files: when accessing properties of a Flash file server response is: The image is a compressed SWF file, but you do not have a static version of the zlib extension enabled." (see e.g. http://www.mombu.com/php/php/t-36753-cant-get-size-of-swf-images-because-zlib-is-missing-936672.html) It is a well-known problem with a well-known solution (work-around?): compile zlib statically with PHP. On gentoo however this doesn't seem possible. I've tried adding USE-flag static but that doesn't help. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ensure you have zlib and static in your USE-flags 2. emerge -av dev-lang/php Actual Results: php-5.2.4_pre200708051230-r2 gets emerged succesfully. check the emerge output: GCC compiles zlib=shared Expected Results: zlib should be compiled static. IMHO it would be better to introduce a PHP-specific use-flag: e.g. zlib-static. It's no advisable to compile every library statically.
Remove sharedext from your USE flags if you need this.
Tried this in a recompile and it works!! Apparantly in my search for the solution I oversaw this flag. Thanx for the quick help.
