php70 @7.0.0RC2: error: "AI_NUMERICSERV" undeclared (first use in this function)

[willem+macports@…]

PHP 70 won't build on OSX Leopard (10.5) because it's missing a constant AI_NUMERICSERV.

php70/work/php-7.0.0RC2/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_io.c: In function "phpdbg_create_listenable_socket":
php70/work/php-7.0.0RC2/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_io.c:236: error: "AI_NUMERICSERV" undeclared (first use in this function) 

A similar fix was applied here: #41916

It would be nice to include a patch or send one upstream to make the improvements of PHP 7.0 available on older systems.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Since this is not a MacPorts-specific problem, it needs to be ​reported to the developers of PHP. I could do it for you, but I would just be acting as a middleman; it might be more efficient for you to report the problem to them, since you're the one experiencing it.

[willem+macports@…]

I've reported the bug so they can pick it up. (See: ​https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70449)

If eventually, the PHP devs decide not to support such old systems anymore, would it be too much trouble to have a compile patch in the PHP7 ports?

[willem+macports@…]

That escalated quickly! ​http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=51272f4217b5961438cf89ac03dc3ab097db8af5

Thanks,

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I updated php70 to 7.0.0RC3 in r140352, which should contain that commit, which should resolve the issue. But I didn't test on Leopard so please let me know if it works or not.