--- php-8.4.6.old/main/SAPI.c
+++ php-8.4.6/main/SAPI.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@
 	_configthreadlocale(_ENABLE_PER_THREAD_LOCALE);
 # endif
 #else
+    {                           // Workaround for a bizarre problem
+        FILE *kludge = popen ("/bin/true", "r");
+        if (kludge != NULL) pclose (kludge);
+    }
+
 	sapi_globals_ctor(&sapi_globals);
 #endif
 
--- php-8.4.6.old/TSRM/TSRM.c
+++ php-8.4.6/TSRM/TSRM.c
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
 /* Startup TSRM (call once for the entire process) */
 TSRM_API bool tsrm_startup(int expected_threads, int expected_resources, int debug_level, const char *debug_filename)
 {/*{{{*/
+    {                           // Workaround for a bizarre problem
+        FILE *kludge = popen ("/bin/true", "r");
+        if (kludge != NULL) pclose (kludge);
+    }
 #ifdef TSRM_WIN32
 	tls_key = TlsAlloc();
 #else