[MacPorts] #67986: openssh @9.4p1: build fails with zlib @1.3 installed

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#67986: openssh @9.4p1: build fails with zlib @1.3 installed
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  Reporter:  fabianwenk  |      Owner:  artkiver
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  artkiver    |
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Comment (by artkiver):

 I couldn't help but notice this:

 {{{
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-ssl-dir=/opt/local
 --sysconfdir=/opt/local/etc/ssh --with-privsep-path=/var/empty --with-
 md5-passwords --with-pid-dir=/opt/local/var/run --with-pam
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --with-zlib=/opt/local --without-kerberos5
 --with-libedit --with-pie --with-xauth=/opt/local/bin/xauth --with-ldns
 --with-audit=bsm --with-keychain=apple
 }}}

 Specifically this parameter stood out:

 {{{
  --with-zlib=/opt/local
 }}}

 And invocation of configure manually on the OpenSSH 9.4p1 tarball yields
 the same zlib error.

 However, this does not:
 {{{
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-ssl-dir=/opt/local
 --sysconfdir=/opt/local/etc/ssh --with-privsep-path=/var/empty --with-
 md5-passwords --with-pid-dir=/opt/local/var/run --with-pam
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --with-zlib=/opt/local/include/zlib.h
 --without-kerberos5 --with-libedit --with-pie --with-
 xauth=/opt/local/bin/xauth --with-ldns --with-audit=bsm --with-
 keychain=apple
 }}}

 Which, since I don't have the ldns stuff on the system with which I am
 testing yields the following error instead:

 {{{

 checking for ldns-config... no
 checking for ldns support... no
 configure: error: ** Incomplete or missing ldns libraries.

 }}}

 Ignoring that for the time being, if I run make with the

 {{{
 --with-zlib=/opt/local/include/zlib.h

 }}}

 Path declaration as above it does generate the following warning:

 {{{
 ld: warning: -L path '/opt/local/include/zlib.h' is not a directory
 }}}

 But otherwise seems to build without issue?

 Meanwhile, from the Portfile the pertinent line is:

 {{{
                         --with-zlib=${prefix} \

 }}}

 Which, I think typically expands to /opt/local/

 I'm not sure it would be wise to change that to something more like
 --with-zlib=${prefix}/include or --with-zlib=${prefix}/include/zlib.h
 though I'll do some additional experimenting.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67986#comment:5>
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