zlib missing when installing openssh-3.7.1p2

[Pacelli, Louis M, ALABS]

Darren,
Thanks for responding, but it still failed. I did as you suggested and
sent a request to 'hostmaster at mindrot.org'. I appreciate your efforts.
If you can think of anything else for me to try, please let me know.
Thanks,
Lou Pacelli
(407)786-4231

-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Tucker [mailto:dtucker at zip.com.au]
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:42 PM
To: Pacelli, Louis M, ALABS
Cc: OpenSSH Devel List
Subject: Re: zlib missing when installing openssh-3.7.1p2


"Pacelli, Louis M, ALABS" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I apologize for sending in this problem via email, but I had trouble
using bugzilla.

Please use openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org for problems with OpenSSH
Portable
(ie anything that's not OpenBSD).

> I'm trying to install openssh-3.7.1p2
> When I run the configure step, I get the following message:
> 
> configure:5641: checking for deflate in -lz
> configure:5668: cc -o conftest -g  -D_HPUX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
-D_XOPEN_SOURC
> E_EXTENDED=1  conftest.c -lz  -lnsl -lxnet  -lsec >&5
> + eval $CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS
conftest.$ac_ext $LI
> BS >&5
> + cc -o conftest -g -D_HPUX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 co
> nftest.c -lz -lnsl -lxnet -lsec
> + 1>& 5
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Can't find library: "z"
> configure:5671: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 5649 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> 
> /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> extern "C"
> #endif
> /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
>    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
> char deflate ();
> int
> main ()
> {
> deflate ();
>   ;
>   return 0;
> }
> configure:5688: result: no
> configure:5698: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or
check config.l
> 
> I do have zlib installed. How can I make this script find zlib?

Try using --with-zlib=/path/to/zlib (eg /usr/local if that's where you
installed zlib).

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