Re: [zlib PATCH 1 of 3] complibs/zlib: Add zlib support for binutils and gdb

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>]

Zhenqiang, All,

[Please, keep the list CCed]

On Wednesday 23 November 2011 03:00:43 Zhenqiang Chen wrote:
> > Well, it seems gcc also can use zlib:
> >  --with-system-zlib
> >    Use installed `zlib' rather than that included with GCC.
> >
> > Is that not true? Or is it coming in another patch? ;-)
> 
> gcc package has included the source code of zlib. You can find the
> zlib dir in gcc source package.

Yes, I know. What I was suggesting (with a poor wording) was to tell gcc
to also use the zlib we built, not its own. This way, old gcc can benefit
from the potentially-newer zlib version built by crosstool-NG.

This is a minor point, but it makes for consistency across all the tools.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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