[PATCH] Add libz to dumper.exe link [was Re: Re: speclib vs. -lc trouble.]

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Mon Apr 13 16:00:00 GMT 2009


[  Why don't I resend this to the proper list, eh?  ]

Dave Korn wrote:

> One slight catch: recent libbfds have grown a dependency on zlib, as they
> can natively handle compressed files.  This broke the build for dumper.exe,
> which uses libbfd.  The attached patch adds libz unconditionally, as it
> won't do any harm with older libbfds that don't need it, and because it's a
> bog-standard package that's easily available everywhere, so I didn't see
> the need to go to great lengths to only require it if the installed libbfd
> is sufficiently new to actually need it.  Anyone building winsup from
> source would probably have zlib-devel installed already anyway.

  Ok?

winsup/utils/ChangeLog

	* Makefile.in (libz):  New makefile variable.
	(build_dumper):  Test it was correctly set.
	(dumper.exe):  Use it.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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