On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:42:01PM -0000, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> It requires two perl modules.  Using cpan2rpm I was able to build the latest
> Archive-Zip-1.05.tar.gz into perl-Archive-Zip-1.05-1.i386.rpm however the
> latest Compress-Zlib-1.19.tar.gz fails:
> 
> # cpan2rpm Compress::Zlib

Please don't build RPMs as root. There's no need, and it leaves you open
to various nasties. Just imagine a "make install" which did "rm -rf /" :-(

> <snip>
> Zlib.xs:25:19: zlib.h: No such file or directory

That means the 'C' header file zlib.h is missing, so the Perl XSUB build will 
fail. These come from zlib-devel:

[gordonr@timtam]$ rpm -qf /usr/include/zlib.h
zlib-devel-1.1.3-25.7

Installing zlib-devel is likely to fix your problem.

> [...]
> I know there are a few older Compress-Zlib rpms available out there but
> thought building the latest specifically for SME is always best.

Whenever possible we use the stock RedHat RPMs, or ones RedHat has
built.

> Anyone had better luck building Compress-Zlib-1.19.tar.gz into an rpm for
> SME5.5?

I have just built this for SME 5.6 and placed it in my contrib area,
using cpan2rpm. I expect it will also work under 5.5, but haven't tested
it on either version.

Gordon
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