Re: ping #3: [RFA] Add --with-libz-prefix option in config/zlib.m4

H.J. Lu
2015-02-18T22:03:43Z

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 12:53 -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com> wrote:
>> > That doesn't seem like a smart default. And why is is Linux/x86 only?
>> > Shouldn't that be something that is done explicitly by a distro
>> > configuring binutils after making sure it actually is beneficial
>> > (debuginfo is often compressed in a different way, on the package/file
>> > level or with dwz). And after making sure all tools actually work with
>> > it? There are various tools that don't handle the .zdebug format like
>> > valgrind. And at least elfutils has trouble with it for ET_REL files,
>> > like kernel modules, because relocations don't actually apply anymore to
>> > the section data as is (but only after the decompression).
>>
>> Now it becomes a monthly topic:
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-01/msg00089.html
>
> Thanks, I hadn't seen that before. Alan Modra makes some good points in
> that thread why it is not a good change:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-01/msg00135.html
> Do people agree with that? And/Or can the change be reverted for now
> till there is agreement it is a desirable default?
>

It may not be a good idea for all targets. If you find an issue
on Linux/x86, please file a bug binutils report.

Thanks.

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H.J.