Unable to upgrade past 5.2.3

[Dravu]

Well it's been over a month since my last unsuccessful try, so I decided maybe someone on the forum would be able to lend a hand as to what the hell is going wrong. I have been unable to build a PHP version past 5.2.3 as they always end with this:

Installing PEAR environment: /usr/local/lib/php/
make[1]: *** [install-pear-installer] Error 254
make: *** [install-pear] Error 2
Had John look at it too, but neither of us could figure out what was causing it to screw up. Any ideas?



PS: http://directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21114
Configuration is custombuild default and works fine with 5.2.3. I also have libtool installed, so that thread doesn't seem to help me at all.

[Dravu]

Anybody with any ideas? Once PHP6 starts becoming more of the standard and Custombuild supports it better, I'll probably try it, but aren't sure if this is a problem that will stop any future upgrades from happening.

[smtalk]

I can fix this problem for free (and will post what was wrong).

[Dravu]

I can fix this problem for free (and will post what was wrong).
Thanks for the help. Sent details. :)

[smtalk]

Update is done. eAccelerator extension was causing problems (reinstalled it too) :) Good luck!

[Dravu]

Update is done. eAccelerator extension was causing problems (reinstalled it too) :) Good luck!
Wow. Thank you very much. I always assumed I'd just be rebuilding it after PHP anyways (when you build a PHP version different from your current one, it freaks out and tells you to rebuild it as well). Never thought of it actually causing the problem. :)

[chriswb]

Martynas is a great asset to the community!

[smtalk]

Thank you for these great words. I really appreciate that.