import zlib in 2.5 fails

[stuntgoat]

Modules/main.c:186: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/home/name/Desktop/webdl/Python-2.5.1/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/
ffi64.c:45: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/home/name/Desktop/webdl/Python-2.5.1/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/x86/
ffi64.c:342: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libz.a(adler32.o): relocation R_X86_64_32
against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libz.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

this error occurred at one point during a compilation of Python 2.5.
It seems related to my inability to import zlib now.

On Jan 4, 10:19 am, stuntgoat <hyperne... at gmail.com> wrote:
> import zlib works in Python 2.4 (debian etch AMD64 - default python
> version for that distro)
>
> I built python 2.5 from source; zlib is not importable.
>
> I am trying to compile MySQLdb.
>
> any clues about how to get zlib able to be imported in 2.5?
>
> -sg