Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:27:52 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, KrisUniverse <kris.universe@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind? Message-ID: <20130306232750.GA25598@saturn> In-Reply-To: <5136F918.70105@qeng-ho.org> References: <BDA9B28C-835F-4EF7-9E9D-FD455B820462@gmail.com> <20130305161158.GB9376@saturn> <5136F918.70105@qeng-ho.org>
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On 2013-03-06 08:06, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 03/05/13 16:12, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >On 2013-03-04 07:28, KrisUniverse <kris.universe@gmail.com> wrote: > >>The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R. > >> > >>However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through > >>1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 with bug fixes. > >> > >>Is there any reason for not using Zlib 1.2.7? > > > >I don't have a 9.1-RELEASE system nearby, but I think zlib 1.2.7 _should_ > >already be there... Are you sure it's still an old version? > > On my machine: > > # uname -r > 9.1-RELEASE > > [It's actually -p1 but I've not bothered replacing the kernel as the > problems were in user space.] > > # grep 'define ZLIB_VERSION' /usr/src/lib/libz/zlib.h > #define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.7" That's what I'd expect. Thanks :)
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