[arch-multilib] Bug with lib32-zlib PKGBUILD

Pierre Schmitz pierre at archlinux.de
Sat Aug 28 08:54:59 EDT 2010


On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:47:35 +0200, Rémy Oudompheng
<remyoudompheng at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm just thinking there's a reason zlib is supposed to be compiled
>> without optimizations (as shown in the current PKGBUILD), just that the
>> line shown doesn't work as intended =)
>>
> 
> I'd rather think that zlib, had a real benefit from being compiled with -O3,
> and since it is widely used, maybe preformance was important. The thing is,
> I don't think people have reported problems with zlib in regular packages,
> so the most natural thing to do is ship a compatible zlib with OpenSong,
> unless we prove there is a bug in gcc or zlib.

First of all compiling zlib with the -O3 flag was intended and afaik I
did this because it is the upstream default. Debian builds zlib with
"-Wall -g -D_REENTRANT -O3"

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