Should binutils source tree include zlib source?

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Fri Jan 9 19:42:00 GMT 2009


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



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