Description of problem: There is a mistake in the build of php. The flag --with-expat-dir=/usr should read --with-libexpat-dir=/usr. This means that expat-type functions are built against libexpat2 which has known and reported bugs. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PHP Version 5.2.6 How reproducible: Use phpinfo(). Steps to Reproduce: 1. echo '<?php phpinfo();' | php | grep -i expat Actual results: Erroneous flag is displayed. Expected results: EXPAT Version => expat_2.0.1 Additional info: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45996 refers to the libxml2 bug and how it affects php.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 473231 ***