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

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [ mailto:huntharo@msu.edu ] 
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:49 AM
> To: cygx
> Subject: RE: /usr/X11R6/bin/libz.dll vs. /usr/bin/cygz.dll
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 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  Perhaps Suhaib's tree is out of date.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?

It was not in my distribution.  The flags you are reporting from CVS were
the ones I used then submitted as a patch to XF86.  I think libz.dll is from
an older version left over on his system.

Suhaib

> 
> Harold
>