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Build system installs libtool wrappers when using slibtool #13674
slibtool is a reimplementation of GNU libtool in C. It's fairly mature; for example, plenty of Gentoo users build their entire systems with it.
One place where incompatibilities arise, however, is when the build system uses $LIBTOOL for part of the build/install process, but then switches to some other manual process that (unknowingly) depends on the internals of GNU libtool. When building PHP with LIBTOOL=rlibtool, one such case arises: the following targets use $(LIBTOOL) to build their dependencies, but then switch to $(INSTALL) to install them:
install-cli
install-fpm
install-phpdbg
install-cgi
With GNU libtool, the $(INSTALL) command does actually install the executable. slibtool however places its wrapper script in that location, placing the true executable in a .libs/ subdirectory instead. This leads to the wrapper scripts being installed when LIBTOOL=rlibtool was used for the build. For example,
$ head ~/tmp/php/usr/bin/php
#!/bin/sh
# libtool compatible executable wrapper
# Generated by rlibtool (slibtool 0.5.35)
# [commit reference: unknown]
if [ -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then
DL_PATH=
COLON=
LCOLON=
else
I think this can be fixed by using $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL) rather than just $(INSTALL) to install these programs. It may also be more correct to install opcache and the libphp from the embed SAPI in the same manner, though nobody has complained about those not working yet.
I think we can do that, yes. It's not exactly synced indeed. I'll check it out. Libtool install mode has some side effects in those .la text files and updates them a bit...
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orlitzky commentedon Mar 11, 2024
I forgot to mention: to reproduce, install slibtool and then use
make LIBTOOL=rlibtoolandmake LIBTOOL=rlibtool installto build/install PHP.petk commentedon Mar 11, 2024
I think we can do that, yes. It's not exactly synced indeed. I'll check it out. Libtool install mode has some side effects in those .la text files and updates them a bit...
midipix commentedon Aug 8, 2024
Hi! Just had my attention drawn to this, a couple of quick comments:
to properly handle recursive make, the command should actually be
make LIBTOOL=rlibtool MAKE="make LIBTOOL=rlibtool"using --mode=install rather than the non-[s]libtool install scripts is indeed the correct and right thing to do.
I hope that helps!
sapi/*/Makefile.frag: install programs built with libtool, with libtool
sapi/*/Makefile.frag: install programs built with libtool, with libtool
orlitzky commentedon Feb 23, 2026
Thank you!