Subject: Re: Build error on Debian/PPC
From: Logan Hall (warrior514@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 16:46:55 CST
sterwill@abisource.com wrote:
> Logan Hall wrote:
> > Hey guys.. i have been absent from the list for a few weeks because i
> > have been getting debian on ppc up and running and getting rid of
> > LinuxPPC. I just cvs'ed the tree and tried to build it. It dies because
> > it is looking for libz.a and debian apears to use libz.so.1 and
> > libz.so.1.1.3. Any suggestions on what to do? I cvs'ed the zlib peer
> > dir to abi as well and it still won't build.
>
> It doesn't specifically look for "libz.a", but -lz combined with -static
> will make the linker search for it. If you have the zlib1g-dev package
> installed, you should be able to compile AbiWord (I compiled it this
> morning on my Debian/PowerPC laptop). Let me know if you have any problems,
> I have my laptop with me today.
>
Oh.. well here is part of the makefile line that i interpreted to be looking
for libz.a:
@if [ -r /usr/lib/libz.a
I just got zlib1g-dev so i will try again.
>
> --
> Shaw Terwilliger
------ Logan Hall
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