[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.3.9 is out (fwd)

[Philip Lowman]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Vincent Torri <vtorri at univ-evry.fr> wrote:
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> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Philip Lowman wrote:
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>>> 5) How can a Visual Studio user compile zlib if he does not have the
>>> possibility to launch ./configure (to create zconf.h) ?
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>> Here are a couple of ideas which might solve this.
>> 1. They could use CMake
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> i do not agree. The purpose of VS is to have a unique development IDE. To
> give the same argument, i could have say: 'They could use MSYS'. But that's
> not a solution for Windows developpers

Perhaps I should have reordered my suggestions?  Personally, I think
CMake is a good option for a lot of projects especially considering
its extensive support for Visual Studio.  Realizing that it's not
perfect, however, I did suggest an alternative to solve this problem.
There are certainly other options available.

Another option would be for traditional VS users to simply rename
zconf.h.in to zconf.h and delete the #cmakedefine's near the top.
Since unistd.h isn't available with VS the code should compile fine.

-- 
Philip Lowman