[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.4.4 -- a 1.2.5 release candidate

[Török Edwin]

On 04/18/2010 11:51 AM, Török Edwin wrote:
> On 04/18/2010 11:36 AM, Mark Adler wrote:
>> Faithful testers,
>>
>> You can find zlib 1.2.4.4 here:
>>
>> http://zlib.net/current/beta/zlib-1.2.4.4.tar.gz
>>
>> It is candidate for the 1.2.5 version. Due to bugs in 1.2.4, I would
>> like to get 1.2.5 out within a few days, so I will only be making
>> essential changes to get to 1.2.5.
>>
>> Please test this aggressively and reply to this list with results.
>> Thank you for your support.
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Linux x86-64, Debian:
>
> # make install
> cp libz.a /usr/local/lib
> cp libz.so.1.2.4.4
> cp: missing destination file operand after `libz.so.1.2.4.4'
>
> This is the first time make install failed.
>
> sharedlibdir is empty, so looks like configure went wrong.
>
> Here is a workaround, I don't know what the difference is between libdir
> and sharedlibdir, but I made them equal:
> --- orig/configure 2010-04-18 11:50:44.000000000 +0300
> +++ new/configure 2010-04-18 11:50:45.000000000 +0300
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
> prefix=${prefix-/usr/local}
> exec_prefix=${exec_prefix-'${prefix}'}
> libdir=${libdir-'${exec_prefix}/lib'}
> +sharedlibdir=${libdir-'${exec_prefix}/lib'}
> includedir=${includedir-'${prefix}/include'}
> mandir=${mandir-'${prefix}/share/man'}
> shared_ext='.so

Actually I think it would be better this way (so that the commandline 
flag to configure can override it):
--- orig/configure 2010-04-18 11:50:44.000000000 +0300
+++ new/configure 2010-04-18 11:50:45.000000000 +0300
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
  prefix=${prefix-/usr/local}
  exec_prefix=${exec_prefix-'${prefix}'}
  libdir=${libdir-'${exec_prefix}/lib'}
+sharedlibdir=${sharedlibdir-'${exec_prefix}/lib'}
  includedir=${includedir-'${prefix}/include'}
  mandir=${mandir-'${prefix}/share/man'}
  shared_ext='.so