On 24.02.2017 18:55, NightStrike wrote: > Currently, to build natively on cygwin, this patch is required to zlib: > > https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/blob/master/zlib/1.2.11-cygwin-no-widechar.patch > > Otherwise, this error occurs: > > ./../zlib/libz.a(libz_a-gzlib.o):gzlib.c:(.text+0x646): undefined > reference to `_wopen' > ./../zlib/libz.a(libz_a-gzlib.o):gzlib.c:(.text+0x646): relocation > truncated to fit: R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol `_wopen' > > > Given that cygwin is a supported system, and given that zlib is > in-tree (and was recently updated), does it make sense to include this > patch in the gcc in-tree version of zlib?
please could you forward this issue upstream as well?