GNU bug report logs - #75667
Emacs 30.0.93 build failure if -lz but not <zlib.h>

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 08:30:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 75667 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75667: Emacs 30.0.93 build failure if -lz but not <zlib.h>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:05:53 -0500

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  > > Where is zlib.h on that platform?

  > It isn't installed, as far as I can see. I expected it's in some 
  > optional package that is absent on that build platform.

If someone could find which one, it would be usefu to document this in
the usual place for noting peculiaritie of building on various
platfors.

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