With 1.4/r5076 (and earlier), I get this:

./configure --enable-server --enable-agent -with-mysql --with-net-snmp --enable-static

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make

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/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a(yassl_int.o): In function `yaSSL::yassl_int_cpp_local2::GetSelf()':
(.text+0x1ae3): undefined reference to `pthread_self'
/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_compress.o): In function `my_uncompress':
(.text+0x61): undefined reference to `uncompress'
/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_compress.o): In function `my_compress_alloc':
(.text+0x10e): undefined reference to `compress'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [zabbix_server] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-1.4/src/zabbix_server'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-1.4/src/zabbix_server'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-1.4/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1