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zlib: Add comments regarding static/shared linking #66486

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@nh2 nh2 commented Aug 11, 2019

The main explanation was taken from commit:

e999def1 zlib: clean up static/shared distincion

The SHARED_MODE=1 bit was originally introduced in commit:

0bfc84b0 Cross-compile zlib for Windows
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Spending hours to figure out why the zlib build behaves different from other builds, and how.

I don't claim the current approach is good, but at least now it's explained.

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The main explanation was taken from commit:

    e999def zlib: clean up static/shared distincion

The `SHARED_MODE=1` bit was originally introduced in commit:

    0bfc84b Cross-compile zlib for Windows
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@ofborg ofborg bot added 10.rebuild-darwin: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild on Darwin 10.rebuild-linux: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild on Linux labels Aug 11, 2019
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mmahut commented Aug 12, 2019

@nh2 thank you!

@mmahut mmahut merged commit c822f39 into NixOS:master Aug 12, 2019
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