3.0.2 build failure on RHELv5.1

[John W. Eaton]

On 18-Sep-2008, Jeff Blaine wrote:

| Any help would be great.  Our users are antsy :)
| 
| ==============================================================
| 
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga)
| 
| Linux beijing 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:19 EDT 2007 x86_64 
| x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
| 
| gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14)
| 
| ==============================================================
| 
| % ./configure --prefix=/afs/rcf/apps/octave/amd64_linux26/3.01
| ...
| % make
| ...
| g++ -c  -fPIC -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc 
| -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -g -O2 Cell.cc -o 
| pic/Cell.o
| g++ -c  -fPIC -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc 
| -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -g -O2 bitfcns.cc -o 
| pic/bitfcns.o
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h: In member function âoctave_int<T>& 
| octave_int<T>::operator>>=(const T2&) [with T2 = int, T = unsigned char]â:
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:541:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| operator>>(const octave_int<T>&, const T2&) [with T1 = unsigned char, T2 
| = int]â
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:552:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| bitshift(const octave_int<T>&, int, const octave_int<T>&) [with T = 
| unsigned char]â
| bitfcns.cc:461:   instantiated from here
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:319: warning: comparison is always false due 
| to limited range of data type
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h: In member function âoctave_int<T>& 
| octave_int<T>::operator>>=(const T2&) [with T2 = int, T = short unsigned 
| int]â:
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:541:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| operator>>(const octave_int<T>&, const T2&) [with T1 = short unsigned 
| int, T2 = int]â
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:552:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| bitshift(const octave_int<T>&, int, const octave_int<T>&) [with T = 
| short unsigned int]â
| bitfcns.cc:463:   instantiated from here
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:319: warning: comparison is always false due 
| to limited range of data type
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h: In member function âoctave_int<T>& 
| octave_int<T>::operator>>=(const T2&) [with T2 = int, T = unsigned int]â:
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:541:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| operator>>(const octave_int<T>&, const T2&) [with T1 = unsigned int, T2 
| = int]â
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:552:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| bitshift(const octave_int<T>&, int, const octave_int<T>&) [with T = 
| unsigned int]â
| bitfcns.cc:465:   instantiated from here
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:319: warning: comparison of unsigned 
| expression < 0 is always false
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h: In member function âoctave_int<T>& 
| octave_int<T>::operator>>=(const T2&) [with T2 = int, T = long unsigned 
| int]â:
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:541:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| operator>>(const octave_int<T>&, const T2&) [with T1 = long unsigned 
| int, T2 = int]â
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:552:   instantiated from âoctave_int<T> 
| bitshift(const octave_int<T>&, int, const octave_int<T>&) [with T = long 
| unsigned int]â
| bitfcns.cc:467:   instantiated from here
| ../liboctave/oct-inttypes.h:319: warning: comparison of unsigned 
| expression < 0 is always false
| g++ -c  -fPIC -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc 
| -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -g -O2 
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc -o pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o
| c-file-ptr-stream.h: In member function âvoid c_zfile_ptr_buf::clear()â:
| c-file-ptr-stream.h:189: error: âgzclearerrâ was not declared in this scope
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc: At global scope:
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc:130: warning: unused parameter âoffsetâ
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc:130: warning: unused parameter âdirâ
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc:147: warning: unused parameter âoffsetâ
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function âint 
| c_zfile_ptr_buf::underflow_common(bool)â:
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc:231: error: âgzungetcâ was not declared in this scope
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function âvirtual int 
| c_zfile_ptr_buf::pbackfail(int)â:
| c-file-ptr-stream.cc:247: error: âgzungetcâ was not declared in this scope

It looks like your version of zlib does not have the gzclearerr or
gzungetc functions.  What version of zlib do you have?  Do you have
the development package installed?

jwe