Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:06:48 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, KrisUniverse <kris.universe@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind? Message-ID: <5136F918.70105@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20130305161158.GB9376@saturn> References: <BDA9B28C-835F-4EF7-9E9D-FD455B820462@gmail.com> <20130305161158.GB9376@saturn>
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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"
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