[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

Ned Deily added the comment: Building python without zlib is support is pretty unusual today and certainly not recommended. I agree that it is not worth adding more complexity to the Python configure script or Makefile to cover this edge case dependency in pip. There are other potential

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

SilentGhost added the comment: Well, there isn't anything to build in case of pip. I presume that was the decision made during the PEP implementation, so I'm adding the two core developers responsible. -- nosy: +dstufft, ncoghlan ___ Python tracker

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

Palm Kevin added the comment: Ok, but shouldn't it fail earlier? During "configure" or "make", not on "make install"... Perhaps with a message like "Unable to compile with pip because dependency zlib is missing" -- ___ Python tracker

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

SilentGhost added the comment: I wouldn't consider that an issue to be honest, the zlib is a dependency of pip and this failure is not unexpected. -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

Palm Kevin added the comment: Yes. You are right. This solves the problem for me since I don't need pip. Do you think I should close the issue or rename it into '"make install" fails with pip when missing zlib dependency' ? -- ___ Python tracker

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

Changes by Denny Weinberg : -- nosy: +Denny Weinberg ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

SilentGhost added the comment: Seems like the issue is caused by pip installation, so you should be able to fix it using --without-ensurepip switch for configure. -- nosy: +SilentGhost ___ Python tracker

[issue27625] "make install" fails when no zlib support available

New submission from Palm Kevin: It seems that on linux (red hat), the "make install" fails when no zlib support is available. (I have no zlib installed and I don't want to do so) I reproduced the problem with both python 3.5.1 and python 3.5.2 The command 'configure' and 'make' produced no