Magnus Hagander <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 00:30, Bidski <bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> configure: error: zlib version is too old >> Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support. >> >> How can the latest version be too old?? > More likely, it's not finding the right one. Probably it's picking up > some completely different version of it because it's earlier in the > search path. Look at the configure.in source code: if test "$with_zlib" = yes; then # Check that <zlib.h> defines z_streamp (versions before about 1.0.4 # did not). While we could work around the lack of z_streamp, it # seems unwise to encourage people to use such old zlib versions... AC_CHECK_TYPE(z_streamp, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([zlib version is too old Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.])], [#include <zlib.h>]) fi There is approximately 0.000% chance that typedef z_streamp is not present in any version of zlib.h available in the wild today. I interpret this message as "the build toolchain is broken enough to make AC_CHECK_TYPE fail". Haven't dug in to see what the most likely true cause is, but we can dismiss zlib version compatibility out of hand, I think. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general