Removal of zlib, take 2.

[Ira Cooper]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:58:03AM -0400, Ira Cooper wrote:
> > Code for review is at:
> > http://git.samba.org/?p=ira/wip.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/zlib_removal
> >
> > This is the "remove zlib, and break all systems without zlib" version.
>

I refreshed the branch, check the new check.


> > I copied the configure check used previously, so it should detect
> libraries
> > the exact same way we do today, just to avoid any issues with botching
> the
> > check.
> >
> > Regarding making zlib truly optional:  I've made good progress on this
> > front, but the patch is substantially more complex, because I didn't
> fully
> > listen to Volker ;).  I also conditionalized zlib in the AD DC.  It looks
> > "plausible" that it should work, but I don't know the right tests to run,
> > nor have a test environment of that type setup.  So I'd like some
> > assistance in getting those patches properly tested.
> Does "make test" still pass without zlib installed on the system.
>

I haven't gotten that far, I've been testing on a machine WITH zlib without
linking against it.

Which is why I suspect there's more I need to do.  I need to setup a
container to mess up and do the builds etc.

-Ira