3.0.2 build failure on RHELv5.1

[Jeff Blaine]

Jeff Blaine wrote:
> John W. Eaton wrote:
>> On 22-Sep-2008, Jeff Blaine wrote:
>>
>> | That's correct:
>> | | octave-3.0.2:beijing> grep ZLIB config.h
>> | /* Define if ZLIB is available. */
>> | #define HAVE_ZLIB 1
>> | #define HAVE_ZLIB_H 1
>> | octave-3.0.2:beijing>
>> | | It's possible there is some other zlib.h being included, but
>> | there is no reasonable explanation as to why.  For example:
>> | | octave-3.0.2:beijing> grep gzclearerr /usr/rcf/include/zlib.h
>> | octave-3.0.2:beijing>
>> | | However, I have nothing whatsoever in my shell's environment
>> | that suggests /usr/rcf anywhere.
>> | | octave-3.0.2:beijing> env | grep /usr/rcf
>> | octave-3.0.2:beijing>
>>
>> Try the following in your Octave build directory:
>>
>>   cd src
>>   make CXXFLAGS=-save-temps pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o
>>
>> then look at the resulting c-file-ptr-stream.ii file (it will be in
>> the src directory, not the src/pic directory) and see if it gives you
>> any clues about why these symbols are not declared.  It should at
>> least tell you which zlib.h file is included and precisely what the
>> declaration for gzclearerr is, assuming it is there.
>>
>> When I do this, I see
>>
>>   # 1 "/usr/include/zlib.h" 1 3 4
>>
>> in the .ii file at the point where zlib.h is included, and
>>
>>   extern void gzclearerr (gzFile file);
>>
>> later on in the file.  What happens on your system?
>>
>> jwe
> 
> I see:
> 
>         # 1 "/usr/local/include/zlib.h" 1 3
> 
> And this is the same path as /usr/rcf/include/zlib.h (one
> is symlinked to another).
> 
> Configure is being a little too helpful on its own by
> searching /usr/local, which I don't want.
> 
> I even see this in ChangeLog.1 from 1992 :)
> 
> ===================================================================
> Fri Dec  4 01:51:05 1992  John W. Eaton  (jwe at schoch.che.utexas.edu)
> 
>     * configure.in (INCDIRS): Don't include /usr/local/include.
>     (LIBDIRS): Don't include /usr/local/lib.
> ===================================================================
> 
> I've now edited configure and changed ac_default_prefix to
> read "/tmp" instead of "/usr/local" and started a build.

This did not solve the problem.  Same error.

Got any ideas how to get the build to stop looking in
/usr/local?