Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/02/19/13:56:46
Dario Alcocer wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I've *finally* finished testing and packaging Ghostscript. I've put
> the packages and MD5 files at:
>
> http://members.cox.net/dalcocer/gs
>
> As soon as I hear back from you that the package has been uploaded,
> I'll send out the announcement. Thanks, and sorry about taking so
> long to get this release out.
Okay, I've uploaded it -- but I am curious about one thing:
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Previous releases required shared libraries for zlib, libpng, and jpeg.
However, due to the very specific requirements Ghostscript has regarding
these libraries, these libraries are instead statically linked. As a
result, Ghostscript no longer requires the use of shared libraries.
The libraries are included in the source package, ready to be built
with Ghostscript.
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What specifically is wrong with the existing shared libraries? I do
*not* want to see a trend start where other packages start shipping the
source to the libraries they depend on. Linking statically is okay --
e.g. linking against the libtiff.a file in tiff-3.5.7-1 package by using
"gcc -static .... -ltiff", for instance -- but duplicating my work is a
bit, ah, insulting.
If you can't build ghostscript against the shipped libraries, then
either the libraries or ghostscript is broken and need to be fixed.
What *specifically* is wrong with cygtiff.dll, cygz.dll, or cygpng2.dll?
--Chuck
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