At Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:20:17 +0000, Thomas Schwinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just discovered that `[Hurd]/exec/' contains a number of source files that > have -- at the time they've been installed (1998 resp. 1994) -- been > verbatimly copied from the bzip2 and gzip (?) packages, but haven't been > updated ever since. > > I suggest this to be revamped and instead use and link against libbz2 and > libz.
It's quite customary to source-copy gzip decoding instead of linking to a library, at least in some areas (for example, in gnupg this is also done). Yes, this hides bugs, but it avoids a build time dependency and is more robust/secure (in fact, exec itself is statically linked anyway). I am not saying linking against external libz should never be done, but in the case of exec I think the arguments sway towards source copying. Thanks, Marcus _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
