In <Pine.LNX.4.64.0811141609310.23310 at pal31.desy.de> Martin Flemming <martin.flemming at desy.de> writes:
checking for zlib ... Found ZLIB include files in /usr/include Found ZLIB libraries in /usr/lib zlib version 1.2.1.2 Your zlib version is too old, requires version 1.2.3 or later ZLIB version too old, must be at least version 1.2.x
Well - a "1.2.1.2" version really *is* older than 1.2.3.
According to www.zlib.net "Version 1.2.3 eliminates potential security vulnerabilities in zlib 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, so all users of those versions should upgrade immediately."
The reason you didn't see the problem with the April snapshots was that zlib wasn't used back then.
... i remember a problem from September
Different problem, the zlib test in Hobbit back then used some non-standard ZLIB macros.
Regards, Henrik