ld errors when compliling php

[Alex Macdonald]

Hello,

I'm trying to compile php with mysql and gd support, and I keep getting the following error when ld tries to link the libraries:

/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
gdFreeFontCache (first referenced in ext/gd/gd.lo) (code)
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake: *** [sapi/cli/php] Error 1

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

[Steve Post]

One problem is due to the extention expected for shared libraries.
HP has thing.sl instead of thing.so.
sl: Shared Library in HP.
so: Shared Object in everything else.

Check out the make files.
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In "configure.pl" you need to change
from $sharedLinkHead = "ld -shared";
to $sharedLinkHead = "ld -b";
Wherever $sharedLinkHead is set.
This is because ld runs different in hpux.
THEN you can run "/opt/perl/bin/perl configure.pl".
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When I was trying to gd installed, it kept dying because it was looking for libgd stuff already. In the notes, I found you could run "$MAKE libgd.a" to build the libgd files ahead of time. Then they could be copied to where it expected libraries to be. For me is was:
# $MAKE libdg.a
# cp -p ./libgd\.* /www_test/lib/lib/.
Then "$MAKE install" would work because it found the gd library it wanted.
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I see you have "/usr/ccs/bin/ld" in your error message. Perhaps you have the hpux CC running before GCC? Check the PATH.

It's been awhile since I worked on compiling GD. Hope some of these half-tips help.

Steve