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Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 08:33:29 -0400
From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
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On 5/24/2013 12:23 AM, Arthur Tu wrote:
> Is the check of zlib version essential?
>
> I googled a fix that remove zlib version in gentoo.
>
> http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-tex/luatex/files/remove-zlib-version-check.patch?view=diff&r1=text&tr1=1.1&r2=text&tr2=1.1&diff_format=s
>
>
> However, according to the zlib changelog(http://zlib.net/ChangeLog.txt),
> the release with a  major version change, such as 1.2.7->1.2.8, was not
> so often. So I am fine with downgrading zlib manually, considering the
> low frequency.

I'm not comfortable removing the version test, since I don't know the 
reason for it.  As you say, the low frequency of zlib updates makes this 
a minor issue.

Ken

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