I have searched the list archives and have notice that others have encountered a similar error though I don't see how to resolve it my case ... I would like to install 4.0.4pl1 on Solaris 2.6 to work with MySQL and Apache, thus I tried to configure as follows (the pathways corresponding to the actual directory roots for MySQL and Apache on my system): # ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/mysql --with-apxs=/usr/apache_1.3.9 loading cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /afs/nd.edu/sun4x_57/usr/local/src/gnu/ bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no checking for working aclocal... found checking for working autoconf... found checking for working automake... missing checking for working autoheader... found checking for working makeinfo... missing checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6 checking for gawk... gawk checking for bison... bison -y checking bison version... 1.28 (ok) checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. I have checked PATH and it includes pathways to get to all of the needed software. I have also very recently compiled other software using the gcc compiler so I know that it is working. I might mention that the compiler does not fail immediately, but rather after several minutes. I have also tried compiling in a scratch partition which I know has lots and lots of disk space and I still get the same error. I do not find a debug.log file in either the ../php or /var directories. Finally, I noticed on the FAQ page (http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#6.11) that some configuration variables should be checked; as a result I changed the variables as follows, but still get same error. # Next 3 variables commented out per http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#6.11 # my $CFG_CFLAGS_SHLIB = '-fPIC -DSHARED_MODULE'; # substituted via Makefi le.tmpl # my $CFG_LD_SHLIB = 'ld'; # substituted via Makefile.tmpl # my $CFG_LDFLAGS_SHLIB = '-G'; # substituted via Makefile.tmpl my $CFG_CFLAGS_SHLIB = '-fpic -DSHARED_MODULE'; # substituted via Makefi le.tmpl my $CFG_LD_SHLIB = 'gcc'; # substituted via Makefile.tmpl my $CFG_LDFLAGS_SHLIB = q(-shared); # substituted via Makefile.tmpl I'm stuck and so would appreciate any advice on how proceed. Thank you! Christian -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]