Merge branch 'PHP-7.4'

* PHP-7.4:
  Update NEWS
  Fix #78460: PEAR installation failure

Author: petk

configure.ac

@@ -1549,6 +1549,8 @@ PHP_GEN_GLOBAL_MAKEFILE
 
 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_BUILD_DEFS_H], 1, [ ])
 
+dnl Make directories when building in a separate build directory.
+$php_shtool mkdir -p pear
 $php_shtool mkdir -p scripts
 $php_shtool mkdir -p scripts/man1