> -----Original Message----- > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Ramiro Polla > Sent: Dienstag, 3. Juni 2025 02:19 > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/5] configure: remove build-time check for > gzip support in zlib > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM softworkz . > <softworkz-at-hotmail....@ffmpeg.org> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Ramiro > Polla > > > Sent: Dienstag, 3. Juni 2025 01:22 > > > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> > > > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/5] configure: remove build-time check > for > > > gzip support in zlib > > > > > > Hi Jacob, > > > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM Jacob Lifshay <programmerj...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > On May 30, 2025 4:10:45 AM PDT, Ramiro Polla <ramiro.po...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I'll postpone this part of the patchset (patches 1 to 3) for a while > > > > > to give more time for people to comment. If anybody can find a system > > > > > where zlib doesn't support gzip, please let us know. > > > > > > > > idk if anyone is using it as the system zlib, but zlib-rs supports > zlib's c > > > api but doesn't come with a gzip executable. > > > https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/zlib- > > > rs/blob/7fafed0d3ed7990349f5863dfba755cbac9ca543/README.md#c-projects > > > > > > Thank you for sharing this. > > > > > > The issue we're looking for is not whether a gzip executable exists, > > > but whether the zlib API supports decoding gzip files or only raw > > > deflate streams. > > > > with Andreas' new patchset, this question becomes obsoleted. > > I'm no sure whether you've seen it? > > Yes, I've seen his patchset. I really liked his solution!
Yea, me too. Even though we both did some unnecessary work now, this way clearly wins. > We still > need to figure out how to properly find zlib using the host > pkg-config, something we currently don't have in configure. This could > be a bit tricky, especially regarding pkg-config's environment > variables. I don't know much in that area, I thought you might be able to help with this. > But I guess you're right, with his approach, this test_exec check will > end up being removed as well. It's for the better, even though it came a bit as a surprise 😊 Thanks sw _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
