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I believe something needs to be done with the zlib-1.2.5.1-r1 and -r2 |
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packages currently in the tree. The maintainer of zlib pushed those |
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revisions with a patch that alters macro identifiers, making Gentoo's |
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zlib incompatible with upstream. As a result, a lot of packages stopped |
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building. Bug reports for broken packages come in and then are being |
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modified to fit Gentoo's zlib. |
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Breaking compatibility with upstream zlib also means that non-portage |
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software, the ones I install with "./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr && |
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make install", also won't build. |
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It's a mess right now and it just doesn't look right. The bug that |
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deals with it was locked from public view: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383179 |
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Is there a plan for this, or will we have to live with what is |
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essentially an incompatible Gentoo fork of zlib? |