Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Ethereal 0.7.8 compilation problem

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From: Andy Bradford <bradipo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:30:35 -0700
Thus said Gilbert Ramirez on Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:24:00 CST:

> > 6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -rdynamic -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lm
> 
> Here Ethereal is being linked angainst zlib (the '-lz' option above).
> 
> > wiretap/libwiretap.a(iptrace.o): In function `iptrace_open':
> > /usr/inst/nettools/ethereal-0.7.8/wiretap/iptrace.c:58: undefined reference
>
> > to `gzseek'
> However, gzseek, a zlib function, is not found.
I had this very same problem with 0.7.7 so I simply added 
--enable-zlib=no to the ./configure

> 1. Does /usr/include/zlib.h exist on your system?
It does on mine...

> 2. If so, what version is it? The version info should be in the
The version is 1.0.2 (is this an incompatible version?)

> 3. Do you have /usr/lib/libz.a or /usr/lib/libz.so (or libz.so.1 or
> 	libz.so.1.1.3) ?
In my case libz.so.1.0.2
Still wondering if this is incompatible version.... If so would 
upgrading get rid of the error message? :)
Andy
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