[tor-bugs] #6623 [Core Tor/Tor]: --enable-static-tor cannot succeed

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#6623: --enable-static-tor cannot succeed
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 Reporter:  tmpname0901                          |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.3.20-rc
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-relay autotools build link       |  Actual Points:
  static 029-backport 032-backport 033-backport  |
  034-backport                                   |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  nickm                                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by sysrqb):

 Replying to [comment:21 nickm]:
 > I'd actually like to deprecate the TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY nonsense if
 possible, and not add its use for zlib.  (I don't understand why this
 patch starts using TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY for zlib, but I assume it's
 necessary? Can we use pkg-config instead?)

 Hrm, it shouldn't. I simply moved the zlib check from being after the
 openssl checks to being before it (because openssl depends on zlib).

 >
 > When I try to use this patch with `--enable-static-tor`, it fails during
 configuration with
 > {{{
 > checking whether free(NULL) works... no
 > configure: error: Your libc implementation doesn't allow free(NULL), as
 required by C99.
 > }}}
 >
 > Am I doing something wrong?
 >

 Nope, that is possible. I ran into that, too. Do you have glibc-static
 installed? `-lc` is probably resulting in an error due to the lack of a
 static library. I should've added a more helpful error message for this
 case. I can do that.

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