On Mi, 2017-11-29 at 15:43 +0100, li...@rhsoft.net wrote: > Am 29.11.2017 um 15:37 schrieb Johannes Schlüter: > > > > On Mi, 2017-11-29 at 12:09 +0100, Jan Ehrhardt wrote: > > > > > > FWIW: I am using the zip's at github, like > > > https://github.com/php/php-src/archive/php-7.2.0.zip > > Contrary to "official" release tarballs those don't contain > > generated > > parsers etc. thus behavior might be different i.e. due to different > > bison versions being used. (sohuldn't be, but happened in the past) > > Also they don't contain ready to use configure scripts (for unix- > > like > > systems) thus a (Linux/Unix/Mac) user needs right versions of auto > > tools > same applies to compilers, compiler flags and system library > versions > anyways >
This is true, but usually has less impact. bison&co historically are less stable than compiler support for language features we use. Third party libraries used in extensions are another complex story. Which is why we bundle some libs. johannes -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
