Re: [boost] [iostreams] Cannot compile against zlib 1.2.4

Subject: Re: [boost] [iostreams] Cannot compile against zlib 1.2.4
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-13 03:55:08

Lars Viklund wrote:
> Hi list.
> 
> zlib 1.2.4 was released in mid-March, reorganzing the sources a bit.
> They removed gzio.c and added in a bunch of new source files, something
> the Jamfile for iostreams does not particularly appreciate.
> 
> I submitted a ticket [1] with a somewhat tested solution (remove gzio
> from the list of sources), but I have no idea whether it's the right way
> to solve it as I'm not aware of how the guts of zlib_compressor and
> friends work.
> 
> How does one go forward with something like this, as I don't think I've
> seen much activity from the iostreams camp at all lately?

I guess this one is pretty easy. Ping me on IRC until I commit the fix ;-)
I plan to do this tonight, but some friendly nudging won't hurt.

> It would be awfully nice to get some kind of fix into 1.43.0, as it
> currently prevents anyone interested in building zlib automagically
> via bjam from doing so.
> 
> One thing I guess might get in the way is whether this should support
> older versions of zlib sources. In my opinon no, as this only applies to
> people who want to build from their own freshly unpacked zlib source
> tree, not affecting people who use prebuilt binaries from their distro
> or downloads.

Seems reasonable.

- Volodya