Re: Unable to Configure latest build

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Gavin Martin wrote:
> On 12 April 2013 09:42, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Gavin Martin wrote:
> >> On 12 April 2013 09:13, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Gavin Martin wrote:
> >> >> Hi Jens,
> >> >>
> >> >> I grabbed the 2.0.15 when it came out and it configured and compiled
> >> >> fine, but the latest one from today (12/04) displays errors when
> >> >> trying to configure.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm not doing anything different to what I was doing for the previous
> >> >> builds.  Just running ./configure, below is the output from
> >> >> config.log;
> >> >>
> >> >> # FIO configure log Fri Apr 12 08:25:30 BST 2013
> >> >> # Configured with: './configure'
> >> >> #
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -c -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-9434-20722-5490.o /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:2:2: error: #error __ANDROID__ not defined
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -c -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-9434-20722-5490.o /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -c -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-9434-20722-5490.o /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:2:2: error: #error __i386__ not defined
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -c -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-9434-20722-5490.o /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> Compiling test case cross
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-3040-20722-23652.exe /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> Compiling test case endian
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-3040-20722-23652.exe /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> Compiling test case wordsize
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -DWORDSIZE=32 -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-3040-20722-23652.exe /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c: In function āmainā:
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:5: error: size of array ātype nameā
> >> >> is negative
> >> >> Compiling test case wordsize
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -DWORDSIZE=64 -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-3040-20722-23652.exe /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> Compiling test case zlib
> >> >> gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -include config-host.h -o
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-3040-20722-23652.exe /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c
> >> >> -lz
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:1:18: error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c: In function āmainā:
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:4: error: āz_streamā undeclared
> >> >> (first use in this function)
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:4: error: (Each undeclared
> >> >> identifier is reported only once
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:4: error: for each function it appears in.)
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:4: error: expected ā;ā before āstreamā
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:5: error: āstreamā undeclared (first
> >> >> use in this function)
> >> >> /tmp/fio-conf-27676-20722-14401.c:5: error: āZ_OKā undeclared (first
> >> >> use in this function)
> >> >>
> >> >> This is on a SLES11 SP1 x86_64 machine, I don't know enough to see if
> >> >> I am doing something wrong, but it has worked on previous builds.
> >> >
> >> > You need the zlib devel libraries installed, configure should have told
> >> > you that. Ala:
> >> >
> >> > ERROR
> >> > ERROR: User requested feature zlib
> >> > ERROR: configure was not able to find it
> >> > ERROR
> >> > Configure failed, check config.log and/or the above output
> >> >
> >> > Not sure what that package is called on SLES, but probably zlib-devel.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Jens Axboe
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thanks, this must be a new requirement as I have never needed it for
> >> previous builds.
> >
> > It is a new requirement. It's because I merged the gfio base into the
> > master branch, and gfio client/server uses compression for bigger
> > transmissions. It could be made optional, but zlib-devel should be
> > available on all platforms (I think). A decision will be made regarding
> > that before 2.0.16 (or 2.1, I think it'l be).
> >
> > --
> > Jens Axboe
> >
> 
> It seems that on Sles 11 SP1 it is not included as standard, zlib is
> installed, but not zlib-devel.  Doing a few google searches and it
> seems to be present in the SDK, I'll have a go at downloading that to
> see if it is part of that package.

The package should be a standard part of any develop part of a distro.
Not sure how SLES is done (I used to know :-), but I'd be surprised if
it wasn't directly available.

But sounds like it would be a good idea to turn zlib into a soft
requirement.

-- 
Jens Axboe