[Ltib] mtd-utils: dependencies and versions

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

I needed to build mtd-util(s). It found that it did not compile because
of an unsatisfied dependency on zlib. 

        gcc -I../include -O2 -Wall -g -c -o mkfs.jffs2.o \
            mkfs.jffs2.c -g -Wp,-MD,.mkfs.jffs2.c.dep
        
        mkfs.jffs2.c:68:18: zlib.h: No such file or directory
        make: *** [mkfs.jffs2.o] Error 1


I built zlib-1.1.4 from the repository and rolled on.

The version of mtd-util available from the repository  is taken from a
snapshot in 2005:

     mtd-snapshot-20050523.tar.bz2

There is a newer version available [9/18/2006]

        ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/mtd-utils-1.0.1.tar.gz

as there is also a newer version of zlib [7/18/2005]

        http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz

Note that mtd-utils-1.0.1 has an additional dependency on  libacl, which
is not currently available from the repository.


-Joseph

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