I finally got a version of PHP with Interbase included, but I am not sure why it works versus using rpmbuild. Here is what I did: Using the php-4.3.9-3.15.src.rpm and running # rpm -i php.4.3.9-3.15.src.rpm I now have php-4.3.9.tar.gz in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. This is copied to /tmp and untarred. Moving to php.4.3.9-3, I run # ./configure -with-interbase=shared,/opt/firebird After a # make, I have interbase.so in the modules directory. This is copied to /usr/lib/php4 and I create a interbase.ini file in /etc/php.d that has a line, "include=interbase.so". That is it...long way around, but gosh darn, it works!!! Honestly, I am not sure of exactly what I did (at least I am not able to translate everything into what I do daily with Windoz and Delphi). I am sure some C++ experience would help me. Todd Todd Cary wrote: > I want to be able to recompile php, so I downloaded the src dvd and did a > > rpm -i php-4.3.9-3.15.src.rpm > > After doing that I wanted to check to see if I can recompile it before > making changes. So, I went to the SPECS dir and did a > > rpmbuild -i php.spec > > It spent a lot of time doing the compile, but at the end there were > errors. > > What am I missing? > > Todd > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523