[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.7 released

[Jan Nijtmans]

2012/9/6 <r.kalbermatter at hccnet.nl>

> "Martin Schlemmer" <Martin.Schlemmer at nwu.ac.za> wrote:
>
> > If you have VS or a SDK installed and setup before launching MSYS term,
> you can use for x86:
> >
> >  lib -machine:X86 -name:zlib1.dll -def:zlib.def -out:zdll.lib
> >
> >and for x64:
> >
> >  lib -machine:X64 -name:zlib1.dll -def:zlib.def -out:zdll.lib
> >
>
...

> So the question is, what should the created DLL support as earliest OS
> version? Is the requirement
> to install a specific  C runtime redistributable acceptable?
>

That question is already answered. See:
<http://www.zlib.net/DLL_FAQ.txt>

VS10 express is what I have, so I can try the lib command line with that.
But I don't know if the resulting "zdll.lib" will work with VC6. The
reverse has
more probability to work, so I would appreciate anyone still having
VC6 to try it. And if an undesired linkage with msvcrXX.dll is generated,
that probably can be fixed with the option -nodefaultlib.

Regards,
         Jan Nijtmans
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