From: Vincent T. <vt...@un...> - 2007-05-10 06:03:27
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Btw, why does the gnuwin32 binary package does not put zlib1.dll in a bin/ dir, whereas all the other libs (found on gnuwin32) I looked at do ? Vincent On Thu, 10 May 2007, Tor Lillqvist wrote: > Keith MARSHALL writes: > > Do we really gain anything by building this ourselves, rather than just > > grabbing the official build > > Exactly my point of view, too. Zlib is a pretty stable library > (API-wise). And as it is one of the few commonly used FOSS libraries > that actually has an upstream official Windows build, why not just use > that binary instead of insisting on proliferating separately built > potentially slightly different copies of it. > > Vincent Torri writes: > > With this archive, libtool can't create shared lib of a library which uses > > zlib. > > No need to rebuild the binary to fix that. I have worked around this > myself long ago, can't recall the details. Was it enough to just copy > the zdll.lib file to libz.a? Or freshly prepare an import library > either from the DLL using pexports or whatever, or from the supplied > .def file. Probably the upstream zlib people would be more than happy > to include an official .a import library, too, if someone just > suggested it to them. > > --tml > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-users mailing list > Min...@li... > > You may change your MinGW Account Options or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-users > > -- > Ce message a été vérifié par MailScanner > pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de > suspect n'a été trouvé. > Message délivré par le serveur de messagerie de l'Université d'Evry. > > |