libpng-1.4.5 version script syntax error

[bremner]

/usr/bin/ld:libpng.vers:2: syntax error in VERSION script
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [libpng14.la] Error 1

I read how to work around this by commenting out the version script in the two copies of Makefile (or Makefile.in) under output/build,

output/build/host-libpng-1.4.5
output/build/libpng-1.4.5

but this is wiped out by "make clean", which means it has to be repeated often.

I'm building in a debian sid chroot. I guess the relevant package is binutils which is 2.22-7.1

[bremner]

OK, I think I misunderstood the problem. The problem is actually a missing zlib.h. On debian this is in the package zlib1g-dev. I'm just rebuilding after "make clean". If that works, I'll close the issue. I plan to post an updated list of debian packages needed.

EDIT: Yup, that was it.