Bootstrapping 4.5 from branch (r158177), configured '--with-system-zlib' on a newly installed system that lacked development headers:
[...] gcc -c -g -fkeep-inline-functions -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Wold-style-definition -Wc++-compat -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/. -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/../include -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/../libdecnumber -I/home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/../libdecnumber/bid -I../libdecnumber /home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/lto-compress.c -o lto-compress.o /home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/lto-compress.c:28:18: error: zlib.h: No such file or directory /home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/lto-compress.c: In function 'lto_zalloc': /home/franke/svn/gcc-4.5/gcc/lto-compress.c:61: error: 'Z_NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) Maybe a check for zlib.h should be added to configure.in? -- Summary: missing check for zlib.h, fails to build lto-compress.c Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: build Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: bootstrap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dfranke at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43714