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RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
- To: "'Harold Hunt'" <huntharo at msu dot edu>, "'cygx'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 06:44:51 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:49 AM
> To: cygx
> Subject: RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
>
>
> Chuck,
>
> > Ermmmm....it looks like libz.dll has crept back into the
> cygwin-xfree
> > builds. Was this deliberate (if so, why? didn't we hash this out a
> > while back?) or was it an oversight?
>
> Well, here is what we have in our platform configuration file,
> xc/config/cf/cygwin.cf:
> #define HasZlib YES
> #define GzipLibrary -lz.dll
>
> At least, that's the current version in CVS. Those flags
> should indicate that we are using the Cygwin zlib, rather
> than the XFree86 zlib. Perhaps Suhaib's tree is out of date.
>
> What have you got in that file Suhaib?
It was not in my distribution. The flags you are reporting from CVS were
the ones I used then submitted as a patch to XF86. I think libz.dll is from
an older version left over on his system.
Suhaib
>
> Harold
>