PATCH: Compress debug sections for Linux/x86 by default

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Fri Feb 20 12:42:00 GMT 2015


On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> > If you then try to use those object files with an older toolchain or
>> > one built without zlib then you'll run into difficulty.
>>
>> We can require zlib for targets where compression is enabled by default.
>
> Given how difficult it is for me to get someone with approval
> privileges to even comment on the patch that allows someone to
> build with zlib at a non-standard location, I would say that
> this is not the friendliest option at the moment.
>

What is wrong with in-tree zlib?


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H.J.



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