[Barry Gould <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guy, thanks for responding.

I still can't get a static build to work, even when using --without-plugins.
It still complains about gmodule2.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Barry


At 07:21 PM 9/6/2007, Guy Harris wrote:

> On Sep 6, 2007, at 3:26 PM, Barry Gould wrote:
>
> > I'm really starting to suspect that configure isn't working right.
> > I just tried with --disable-zlib, and it still says "Ues zlib
> > library: yes"
> >
> > This leads me to wonder if the other options are working
>
> The options that exist should be working.
>
> "--disable-zlib", however, isn't one of the options that exist:
>
>         $ ./configure --help
>         `configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds 
> of systems.
>
>         Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
>
>                 ...
>
>         For better control, use the options below.
>
>                 ...
>
>         Optional Features:
>           --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-
> FEATURE=no)
>           --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
>           --enable-static[=PKGS]  build static libraries [default=no]
>           --disable-dependency-tracking  speeds up one-time build
>           --enable-dependency-tracking   do not reject slow dependency
> extractors
>           --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
>           --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
>                                   optimize for fast installation 
> [default=yes]
>           --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
>           --enable-extra-gcc-checks
>                                   Do additional -W checks in GCC. 
> [default=no]
>           --enable-warnings-as-errors
>                                   Treat warnings as errors (only for gcc).
>                                   [default=yes]
>           --enable-usr-local      look for headers and libs in 
> /usr/local tree.
>                                   [default=yes]
>           --enable-wireshark      build GTK+-based wireshark. [default=yes,
> if GTK+
>                                   available]
>           --disable-gtk2          build Glib1/Gtk1+-based wireshark/tshark.
>                                   [default=no]
>           --enable-threads        use threads in wireshark. [default=no]
>           --enable-profile-build  build profile-ready binaries. [default=no]
>           --disable-gtktest       do not try to compile and run a test GTK+
> program
>           --disable-gtktest       Do not try to compile and run a test GTK
> program
>           --disable-glibtest      do not try to compile and run a test GLIB
> program
>           --disable-glibtest       Do not try to compile and run a 
> test GLIB
> program
>           --enable-tshark         build tshark. [default=yes]
>           --enable-editcap        build editcap. [default=yes]
>           --enable-capinfos       build capinfos. [default=yes]
>           --enable-mergecap       build mergecap. [default=yes]
>           --enable-text2pcap      build text2pcap. [default=yes]
>           --enable-idl2wrs        build idl2wrs. [default=yes]
>           --enable-dftest         build dftest. [default=yes]
>           --enable-randpkt        build randpkt. [default=yes]
>           --enable-dumpcap        build dumpcap. [default=yes]
>           --enable-ipv6           use ipv6 name resolution, if available.
>                                   [default=yes]
>           --enable-setuid-install install tshark and dumpcap as setuid
> [default=no]
>
>         Optional Packages:
>           --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
>           --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-
> PACKAGE=no)
>           --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld
> [default=no]
>           --with-pic              try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects
> [default=use
>                                   both]
>           --with-tags[=TAGS]      include additional configurations 
> [automatic]
>           --with-gnutls=[yes/no]  use gnutls library [default=yes]
>           --with-libgnutls-prefix=PFX   Prefix where libgnutls is installed
> (optional)
>           --with-gcrypt=[yes/no]  use gcrypt library [default=yes]
>           --with-libgcrypt-prefix=PFX
>                                   prefix where LIBGCRYPT is installed
> (optional)
>           --with-gtk-prefix=PFX   Prefix where GTK is installed (optional)
>           --with-gtk-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where GTK is installed
> (optional)
>           --with-glib-prefix=PFX   Prefix where GLIB is installed (optional)
>           --with-glib-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where GLIB is installed
> (optional)
>           --with-pcap[=DIR]       use libpcap for packet capturing.
> [default=yes]
>           --with-zlib[=DIR]       use zlib (located in directory DIR, if
> supplied) to
>                                   read compressed data. [default=yes, if
> available]
>           --with-pcre[=DIR]       use libpcre (located in directory DIR, if
> supplied)
>                                   to use in dfilter regular expressions.
> [default=yes,
>                                   if available]
>           --with-lua[=DIR]        use liblua (located in directory DIR, if
> supplied)
>                                   for the lua scripting plugin. [default=no]
>           --with-portaudio[=DIR]  use libportaudio (located in 
> directory DIR,
> if
>                                   supplied) for the rtp_player. 
> [default=yes,
> if
>                                   available]
>           --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR  search for libiconv in 
> DIR/include and
> DIR/lib
>           --with-ssl[=DIR]        use SSL crypto library (located in
> directory DIR, if
>                                   supplied). [default=no]
>           --with-net-snmp[=PATH]  use Net-SNMP library (with PATH as the
> location of
>                                   the net-snmp-config shell script 
> that comes
> with the
>                                   net-snmp package, if supplied)
> [default=yes, if
>                                   available]
>           --with-krb5[=DIR]       use kerberos (located in 
> directory DIR, if
> supplied)
>                                   to use in kerberos dissection [default=yes]
>           --with-adns[=DIR]       use GNU ADNS (located in directory DIR, if
>                                   supplied). [default=yes, if present]
>           --with-plugins[=DIR]    support plugins (installed in DIR, if
> supplied).
>                                   [default=yes, if possible]
>
> zlib is a package, not a feature, so there's no "--disable-zlib"
> option; the option is "--without-zlib".
>
> However, configure scripts don't check whether a --enable, --disable,
> --with, or --without flag refers to an option that exists; you could
> say "--enable-faster-than-light-travel" or "--with-an-extra-scoop-of-
> whipped-cream" and you'll get no complaints.
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