[Python-Dev] zlib module doesn't build - inflateCopy() not found

[Chris AtLee]

On 5/21/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Then options 2 and 3 are both fine.
>
> Not compiling at all is *not*, so if nobody has time to implement 2 or
> 3, we'll have to do 4.
>
> --Guido

Is this thread still alive?

I've posted patch #1503046 to sourceforge which implements option #2
by checking for inflateCopy() in the system zlib during the configure
step.

I'm not sure if this works when using the zlib library included with
python or not.

Cheers,
Chris