[Zlib-devel] [PATCH] mingw zlib import library name

[Vincent Torri]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Mark Adler <madler at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
>>> Currently zlib produce zlibdll.a as import library, while the libtool
>>> standard is libz.dll.a.
>>> It would be help if the convention is kept so components that depend
>>> on zlib will successfully built using shared object.
>>
>> Alon,
>>
>> I could have sworn we talked about this one too.
>>
>> We have to pick libzdll.a or libz.dll.a.  Some depend on the first, you depend on the second.  The consensus was libzdll.a, since many use -lzdll.
>>
>> I suppose it's inevitable that if there are two conflicting conventions out there, we're going to disappoint somebody.
>>
>> Mark
>
> Understood. [Although I don't remember we discussed this... :)]
> What about creating symbolic link libz.dll.a->libzdll?

Just fyi, symbolic link do not exist on Windows < Vista

Vincent Torri