From: Roger Pack Date: 2009-02-02T23:24:09+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:21751] Re: [Bug #1090] zlib doesn't load after installation On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Luis Lavena wrote: > Issue #1090 has been updated by Luis Lavena. > > > You need zlib development headers installed. > > If not, the zlib extension doesn't build at all. > ---------------------------------------- > http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1090 One answer would be for 1.9 to err at configure time if zlib and opensl are not installed [since it comes with gems preinstalled, you'd expect gems to work]... Thoughts? -=r