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RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
- To: "'Robert Collins'" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>, "'Harold Hunt'" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- 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 06:46:21 -0400
- Cc: "'cygx'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 3:58 AM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: cygx
> Subject: RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
>
>
> On 27 Jul 2001 02:48:49 -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > 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
> -lz
> would find cygz.dll, but I suspect that -lz.dll will only
> find libz.dll, not cygz.dll. I didn't do the linker work
> though - I may have faulty recollection here.
I do not think so? When I linked to -lz while compiling, I got library not
found error, -lz.dll linked to cygz.dll.
Suhaib
>
> Rob
>
> > 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 Perhaps Suhaib's tree is out of date.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?
> >
> > Harold
> >
>
>