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Re: Should binutils source tree include zlib source?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:41:59 +0000
- Subject: Re: Should binutils source tree include zlib source?
- References: <6dc9ffc80901091020p52fedbe6ycb2d0356ba856987@mail.gmail.com>
H.J. Lu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Binutils uses zlib. Should zlib source be included in binutils tree?
>
Can't see any terribly good reason to. It's widely available as a standard
system library, we aren't in any need of forking it, and it would add to the
binutils project's maintenance/support burden, wouldn't it?
cheers,
DaveK