Can't build zlib-1.2.8

[JustVic]

Can't build zlib-1.2.8. Always getting this error:

/ghost/source/patches/ports$ ./port.sh zlib/1.2.8

ghost-port
==========
building package "zlib/1.2.8"
cleaning build directory 'build/zlib/1.2.8'
downloading source from 'https://ghostkernel.org/repository/zlib/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz'...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 2730k 100 2730k 0 0 1263k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 1262k
no patch in port
installing port
Using ar
Compiler error reporting is too harsh for ./configure (perhaps remove -Werror).
** ./configure aborting.
Please use ./configure first. Thank you.
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

[maxdev1]

That's weird, I'll have to look into this! As a quickfix you could temporarily modify the port.sh script so it executes ./configure inside the port working directory.

[Deleted user]

The error is misleading. This error can occur if you don't have the toolchain installed beforehand (or if it can't be found in your path). From zlib's configure script:

cat > $test.c << EOF
int foo() { return 0; }
EOF
echo "Checking for obsessive-compulsive compiler options..." >> configure.log
if try $CC -c $CFLAGS $test.c; then
  :
else
  echo "Compiler error reporting is too harsh for $0 (perhaps remove -Werror)." | tee -a configure.log
  leave 1
fi

As you can see, it's just trying to do a test compile.