Bug 19781 – PHP -4.3.1 ebuild econf fail

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 15816
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[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) 2003-04-22 13:29:25 UTC]

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