[Zlib-devel] [zlib-devel] Issues with "make install" in zlib-1.2.5

[Mark Adler]

On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> The FAQ file notes

I have just fixed that in the FAQ.  The -s option is no longer needed since shared libraries are built by default.  -s and --shared don't change anything.  Now there is a --static option to not build a shared library.

> Notice that three chmod commands have argument 644, while the first
> has u=rw,go=r.  While the symbolic form is legal, it is unwise to use
> it in Makefiles of portable code, since rather old chmod
> implementations may not recognize that form.

I have changed it to good old 644.

Mark