AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+AC_ARG_WITH(with_zlib, [ --with-zlib use zlib compression if present])
+
dnl Set some system-specific variables which are OK to set before compiler
dnl checks:
PTHREAD_DEFS=-D_REENTRANT
dnl AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strerror)
AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(snprintf)
+dnl Checks for the zlib compression library.
+if test "x$with_zlib" != xno ; then
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(zlib.h,
+ [AC_CHECK_LIB(z, zlibVersion,
+ [ok_zlib=yes],,
+ )])
+fi
+
+if test "x$ok_zlib" != xno ; then
+ LIBS="-lz $LIBS"
+ CFLAGS="-DWITH_ZLIB $CFLAGS"
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ZLIB)
+fi
+
AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)