> - When it can't find the compiler specified via "CXX" parameter, it instead
> complains that it doesn't find the "boost" libraries.
> 
> - When the compiler can't find its libraries, it instead claims that it "cannot
> find a suitable ZLIB library".

	If you still have the corresponding config.log file, please mail it to me.

> So doing a general check for a working compiler and linker environment first
> (maybe trying to compile, link and run some "Hello World") would be helpful to
> the end user.

	That's basically what any configure script is doing.

> I tried to ./configure POV-ray for using the Intel C++ compiler instead of GNU
> C++, and ran into these error messages because - as I ultimately found out -
> had forgotten to run the compiler's "iccvars.sh" script first.

	I suppose this has to do with the latest version (11.x) of icc.  I'll try
to test it for the next beta (but need to get a working license first).

	- NC

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