Re: BUG (v1.5.6.1): ./configure missing check for zlib.h

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 at 11:07am -0000, tom fogal wrote:

I should note, however, that I disagree with that macro's logic in that
it `searches' for zlib if the user does not specify it.  IMO, if the
user does not give a --with option, and it doesn't work `out of the
box' (without hacking FLAGS), macros should die with an error rather
than retry with changed FLAGS.

-tom

Or, one could read the INSTALL file included with git,

 - Git is reasonably self-sufficient, but does depend on a few external
   programs and libraries:

	- "zlib", the compression library. Git won't build without it.

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