http://bugs.gentoo.org/319661

LDFLAGS is only used with the shared lib, so dont link against the static zlib

--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 fi
 
 STATICLIB=libz.a
-LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L. ${STATICLIB}"
 VER=`sed -n -e '/VERSION "/s/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/p' < zlib.h`
 VER3=`sed -n -e '/VERSION "/s/.*"\([0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/p' < zlib.h`
 VER2=`sed -n -e '/VERSION "/s/.*"\([0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\)\\..*/\1/p' < zlib.h`
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@
              LDSHARED=${LDSHARED-"cc -shared -Wl,-soname,libz.so.1"} ;;
   OSF1\ V4*) SFLAGS=${CFLAGS-"-O -std1"}
              CFLAGS=${CFLAGS-"-O -std1"}
-             LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,."
              LDSHARED=${LDSHARED-"cc -shared  -Wl,-soname,libz.so -Wl,-msym -Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) -Wl,-set_version,${VER}:1.0"} ;;
   OSF1*)     SFLAGS=${CFLAGS-"-O -std1"}
              CFLAGS=${CFLAGS-"-O -std1"}