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

[Enrico Weigelt]

* John Bowler <jbowler at frontiernet.net> schrieb:
> From: Enrico Weigelt
> >Gentoo applies the same patch.
> 
> In other words gentoo patches the implib name from libzdll.a to libz.dll.a on mingw.  This is done so that other packages, which invariably use '-lz', do actually link to the DLL, see the bug report:
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288212

Is this an Gentoo-specific issue or generic ?


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