Re: strange problem w/ gnome-core and zlib

[Mika Ritola <foxtrot sci fi>]

On 11 Sep 1998 dhawkins@mines.edu wrote:

> Mika Ritola <foxtrot@sci.fi> writes:
> 
> > I haven't been able to compile gnome-core (from CVS) for a week or so. I'm
> > not sure if the problem is in gnome-core or if I've accidentally broken
> > something..
> > 
> > I do have zlib (1.1.3) installed and the example program that comes with
> > zlib compiles just fine. I don't understand what causes those "undefined
> > reference" messages...
> 
> Please check that you do not have more than one libz lurking around on 
> your system.  This seems to be a common problem.  If your locate
> database is up-to-date, you can just use that.  Otherwise look in the
> X11 library directory---this seems to be the most common location of
> the offending library.  
> 
Yep, I had an extra libz.a in /usr/X11R6/lib, which apparently came with
XFree86... I removed it and now everything works great. Thanks.

- Mika