zlib issue solutions

Sean McNeil sean at mcneil.com
Fri Oct 28 11:56:15 PDT 2005


There have been two solutions to the problem with zlib and Java
presented, but I see no resolution to the problem.  The most recent and
best solution (IMHO) is to use zlib in the build.  The alternative is to
privatize the symbols.

When will one of these fixes be incorporated into the port?  The zlib
issue causes problems with anything using gtk from Java manifesting in
core dumps and theme visual misbehavior.  I'm sure it is not just
limited to gtk.

To refresh peoples memory, these discussions were:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-java/2005-October/004487.html

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-java/2005-October/004476.html

Cheers,
Sean




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