[PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-DEV] win32 builtin zlib From: Maxim Maletsky (maxim <email protected>)
Date: 01/25/03

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:59:37 +0100 Friedhelm Betz <holliwell <email protected>> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I rewrote the part in the phpdoc manual about building on windows.
> zlib is builtin with 4.3.0 but the shipped Workspace for VC++
> relies on a precompilded external zlib.lib.

This is just what I run into a few hours ago trying to build php5
checkout with VC6.

> Therefore building on win32, out of the box, is not possible without
> downloading zlib sources, compiling them and either modify the
> workspace or figure out where to place zlib.lib.

I had to download zlib.lib from w3c.org before building
(here:
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/libwww/Library/External/zlib.lib?sortby=file)

> Two points:
>
> 1.) In the released 4.3.0 source dist, the workspace points to ../../zlib,
> 2.) for example snapshot php4-STABLE-200301241430 points to
> ../../zlib/Release
>
> This is hard to document....
>
> 1.) Are there future plans to include the zlib sources?

probably the quickiest way, unless there are some problems with it, not
really sure.

> 2.) Should users be advised to modify config.win32.h.in

This would mean that every distribution would have to be modified
beforeit is built for win32, not the best way IMO.

> 3.) Should users be advised to download zlib sources, building
> zlib.lib?

The link above from w3c could be a good idea to point the user to. 

-- 
Maxim Maletsky
maxim <email protected>

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