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Re: PATCH: Compress debug sections for Linux/x86 by default
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>, Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, Paul Koning <Paul_Koning at dell dot com>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Thomas Schwinge <thomas at codesourcery dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:27:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Compress debug sections for Linux/x86 by default
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> > If you then try to use those object files with an older toolchain or
>> > one built without zlib then you'll run into difficulty.
>>
>> We can require zlib for targets where compression is enabled by default.
>
> Given how difficult it is for me to get someone with approval
> privileges to even comment on the patch that allows someone to
> build with zlib at a non-standard location, I would say that
> this is not the friendliest option at the moment.
>
What is wrong with in-tree zlib?
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H.J.