but now the same error:

configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information.
(..)
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.5254 (%build)

RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.5254 (%build)

–with-mime-magic=/usr/lib64/rpm/magic.mime \
$* || tail -300 config.log
But:
# find -name magic.mime
./usr/lib/rpm/magic.mime

Do we need to change the path on “–with-mime-magic=/usr/lib/rpm/magic.mime \
$* || tail -300 config.log”
???

Thank you for sharing your sources and instructions.
Please help.
I was trying to build this for x86_64 following your instructions but got this error:

(…)
#define YYTEXT_POINTER 1
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern “C” void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;

configure: exit 1
+ make -j16
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.49262 (%build)

RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.49262 (%build)

Just edit spec file to use ‘/usr/lib/rpm/magic.mime’
–with-mime-magic=/usr/lib/rpm/magic.mime

I use it today.
Works only for my under i386 system.
I got an error :

##################################################
#define YYTEXT_POINTER 1
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern “C” void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;

configure: exit 1
+ make -j4
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
#########################################################

By the way, many thanks for your article :p

I followed all the steps with the 4.4.8 src.rpm but I end up with the following error:
extern “C” void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;

configure: exit 1
+ make -j4
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.81676 (%build)

But I didn’t find any solution. Or indication in what is going wrong. Eventually I modified the spec file so there is no -j4 added, but then I and up with this error:
checking whether to include mime_magic support… yes
configure: error: File ‘/usr/lib64/rpm/magic.mime’ not found!

Please help.

My mysql-devel packages are installed as well, but I still get this error:

[root@machine php-4.4.9]# yum install mysql-devel mysql
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin, rhnplugin, security
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package mysql-devel-5.0.45-7.el5.i386 already installed and latest version
Package mysql-5.0.45-7.el5.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

[root@machine php-4.4.9]# ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/php_4.4.9/ –with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache_2.0.63/bin/apxs –with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql –with-gd –with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib –with-curl –with-openssl –with-zlib –enable-sockets –enable-memory-limit –with-dom –with-dom-xslt –with-dom-exslt –with-ncurses –enable-dbx –enable-dio –enable-experimental-zts –enable-ftp
…
…
…
…
…
checking for int8… no
checking base type of last arg to accept… socklen_t
checking return type of qsort… void
configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under /usr/include/mysql

[root@machine php-4.4.9]#

please? Thanks!

I believe you’ve forgotten to install the -devel packages, required to build your own packages.

[CaliMonk@DYV001 ~]$ rpm -qf /usr/include/mysql
mysql-devel-5.0.58

So a “sudo yum install mysql-devel” should do the trick.

If you install a RPM, be sure to use sudo. This will ensure the appropriate rights are available.