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Date:      Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:06:48 +0000
From:      Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, KrisUniverse <kris.universe@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?
Message-ID:  <5136F918.70105@qeng-ho.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130305161158.GB9376@saturn>
References:  <BDA9B28C-835F-4EF7-9E9D-FD455B820462@gmail.com> <20130305161158.GB9376@saturn>

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On 03/05/13 16:12, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2013-03-04 07:28, KrisUniverse <kris.universe@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R.
>>
>> However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through
>> 1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 with bug fixes.
>>
>> Is there any reason for not using Zlib 1.2.7?
>
> I don't have a 9.1-RELEASE system nearby, but I think zlib 1.2.7 _should_
> already be there...  Are you sure it's still an old version?

On my machine:

# uname -r
9.1-RELEASE

[It's actually -p1 but I've not bothered replacing the kernel as the 
problems were in user space.]

# grep 'define ZLIB_VERSION' /usr/src/lib/libz/zlib.h
#define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.7"





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