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

[Guido van Rossum]

I'm having trouble getting the zlib module to build (SVN HEAD). The error is:

building 'zlib' extension
gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/./Include
-I../Include -I. -I/usr/local/include
-I/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/Include
-I/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/linux -c
/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/Modules/zlibmodule.c -o
build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/zlibmodule.o
/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/Modules/zlibmodule.c: In function
`PyZlib_uncopy':
/home/guido/projects/python/trunk/Modules/zlibmodule.c:723: warning:
implicit declaration of function `inflateCopy'
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/zlibmodule.o
-L/usr/local/lib -lz -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/zlib.so
*** WARNING: renaming "zlib" since importing it failed:
build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/zlib.so: undefined symbol: inflateCopy

It seems I have libz 1.1.4. Is this no longer supported?

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