On Wed 13 Jul 2005, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 09:54:26AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > "It would be nice if rsync linked against the shared zlib instead of > > linking in its own static copy." > > > This to me implies that that bug report is also concerned about rsync > > using its own (static) copy of zlib... > > Static linking and including a redundant copy of the source code are > distinct problems - packages can link against the static copy of the > library provided by the -dev package (some packages do actually do > this).
I think you're missing the word "own". As in "own static copy". Linking in an external static copy of zlib wouldn't be described as "own static copy" IMHO. Paul Slootman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]