Re: Unable to Configure latest build

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Gavin Martin wrote:
> > On 12 April 2013 12:13, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 12 2013, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >> But sounds like it would be a good idea to turn zlib into a soft
> > >> requirement.
> > >
> > > The below does that, I have committed it. Please test.
> > >
> > >
> > > diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
> > > index eb695ff..13e84f6 100644
> > > --- a/client.c
> > > +++ b/client.c
> > 
> > Hi Jens,
> > 
> > Tested the above (with ./configure) and it does work now without the
> > zlib-devel package installed.  Don't you need that if the
> > --enable-gfio argument is used?  Just as a quick test I ran
> > ./configure --enable-gfio, and it didn't fail because of not finding
> > zlib?
> > 
> > Sorry to be a pain, I'm not sure if it was just my install or if
> > others would have the same problem?
> 
> gfio should still work fine. It's only use for the io log transfers for
> gfio, and that will now go out without compression if both ends don't
> have zlib support.

There was a missing one-liner in gclient.c. There's no zlib usage in
there, it's all in the generic client/server code in server.c and
client.c. It compiles and works fine with that one-liner.

http://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=commit;h=aa79e6aa308868fef1437fd6783cdd354a6e9bdb

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Jens Axboe