nope, just untarred and ran ./configure. not to worry, installed flex and bison and it's okay.
the GD version reporting still puzzling me, and from what i've seen on a few messageboards, i'm not alone :) thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Nemerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Terence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Bison and Flex required to install PHP? On Tuesday 30 March 2004 08:37 pm, Terence wrote: > I just downloaded it today. Did you make cvsclean, buildconf, anything? try untarring it freshly and immediately ./configure > http://my.php.net/get/php-4.3.5.tar.gz/from/a/mirror > > Another question, why does phpinfo() say this: > GD: 1.6.2 or higher Dunno, but the phrase `or higher' may have something to do with it ;) > > when > http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php says: > > Synchronized bundled GD library with GD 2.0.17 > > Surely there should be some similiarity? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Nemerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Terence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:17 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Bison and Flex required to install PHP? > > On Tuesday 30 March 2004 06:08 pm, Terence wrote: > > checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 2425: lex: command not > > found > > configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up > > > > and from a search on Yahoo!: > > http://www.madpenguin.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Comments&file=inde > > >x&req=showreply&tid=1522&sid=751&pid=1520&mode=&order=&thold=#1522 > > > > <Quote> > > figured it out. I needed to install Bison and then Flex in order to > > compile > > > php. Bison: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ Flex: > > http://gnuftp.ccp14.ac.uk/gnu/flex/ later > > </Quote> > > > > I just downloaded the latest version, 4.3.5, installing on RH9 - fresh > > install > > > > So my question, are Bison and Flex required and if so any particular > > reason? I never had this problem on previous versions (not that I > > installed > > > on that many different distributions) > > They are for CVS. Release versions come with the bison and flex stuff > pre-made. If you're not using CVS, make sure you're using a fresh copy of > the > source. > > > Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
