/usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll

[Robert Collins]

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.

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 Suhaib's tree is out of date.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
>