Re: [Rd] Bug with zlib version checking for zlib >= 1.2.10, R version 3.3.2

Henrik Bengtsson writes: > This has been fixed > (https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/NEWS.html): > > CHANGES IN R 3.3.2 patched: > > INSTALLATION on a UNIX-ALIKE > > * The configure check for the zlib version is now robust to versions > longer than 5

Re: [Rd] Bug with zlib version checking for zlib >= 1.2.10, R version 3.3.2

This has been fixed (https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/NEWS.html): CHANGES IN R 3.3.2 patched: INSTALLATION on a UNIX-ALIKE * The configure check for the zlib version is now robust to versions longer than 5 characters, including 1.2.10. in SVN r71889 (2017-01-03):

[Rd] Bug with zlib version checking for zlib >= 1.2.10, R version 3.3.2

Hi, Posting here as bugzilla is closed to registration. The zlib version checking code does not handle double digits for the patch version in the semantic versioning scheme. Consequently, a ./configure fails when using a zlib version ≥ 1.5.10. I suggest something like the following patch: ---