[Zope] Zope 2.8.4 install on Suse

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On 8 Dec 2005, at 18:46, Harry Forster wrote:

> Jens I am sorry to say that I have compiled all software on this  
> machine.  I
> have done so so that I would not have confusion due to different  
> compilers.
> I think that there is a problem with the manner in which I compile  
> Python or
> compile usingPython.  Python has a zlib.so in its distribution but  
> somehow it
> is not getting through to the compilation of Zope.  There must be  
> something
> about compiling Python or compiling using Python that I do not  
> understand.  I
> think it has something to do with the zlib module.  Either the zlib  
> module
> should be made a part of Python at the time I compile Python or  
> the  compiler
> should be told to use the zlib module at the time I compile Zope.
>
> The zlib module is included in the Zope 2.6 distribution which is  
> the reason
> that I have no trouble installing and using 2.6.

Python will compile its zlib if it finds the suitable headers and  
libraries on the hosts system. Check to see if you have all zlib and  
zlib-devel packages installed. There is no magic flag to set, just  
configure/make/make install will pick up on and use zlib. The only  
other thing I could think of would be if you're not using the  
interpreter you think you are using.

jens