Bug #5227

sed expression error during install

Details

Submitted	2005-08-29 08:19 UTC
From	pear at humbapa dot ch
Status	Bogus
Package	PEAR
PHP Version	5.1.0
OS	Linux
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2005-08-29 08:19 UTC] pear at humbapa dot ch

Description:
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when I try to build a PECL package I got an error message from sed during installation and building of the package fails. it doesn't matter which package I try.

PHP 5.1.0 RC1
PEAR-1.3.6
GNU sed version 4.1.2
Debian etch (testing) with Kenel 2.6.12.5

thanks!

Test script:
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pear install fileinfo

Actual result:
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downloading Fileinfo-1.0.tgz ...
Starting to download Fileinfo-1.0.tgz (5,566 bytes)
.....done: 5,566 bytes
3 source files, building
running: phpize
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version: 20041225
Zend Module Api No: 20050617
Zend Extension Api No: 220050617
sed: -e expression #1, char 0: no previous regular expression
building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/Fileinfo-1.0
running: /tmp/tmpl9S0KS/Fileinfo-1.0/configure
running: make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
`make' failed

[2005-09-05 13:14 UTC] pear at humbapa dot ch

the error was because I built PHP with an empty prefix (--prefix=)

rebuilding PHP with --prefix=/ solved the problem

thanks to Jani Taskinen and Derick Rethans from PECL-DEV