Native zlib libraries

[Fredrik Öhrström]

Two other obvious candidates are the bundled jpeg and gif libraries. 
Please suggest a patch for build-infra/jdk8!

Backporting the new build system for jdk7/jdk6 is not even on the horizon. It
would be nice though, and probably not impossible.

//Fredrik

9 jul 2012 kl. 01:52 skrev Andrew Hughes:

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> The new build system offers a convenient option to the configure
>> script:
>> --with-zlib=system
>> this will pickup the zlib libraries from the system.
>> 
>> The default behavior is: --with-zlib=bundled
>> 
> 
> Have you done any others?  And is this available from the old bug system?
> 
> This is the first I've heard of this being done and we need it in 6 & 7 too.
> 
>> //Fredrik
>> 
>> 2012/7/5 Andrew Hughes <ahughes at redhat.com>:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> Is there a way to get the native zlib libraries to get picked up
>>>> instead of the hardcoded version within the JVM?
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Azeem Jiva
>>>> @javawithjiva
>>> 
>>> We have this in IcedTea (USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=true) and intend to get it
>>> upstream.
>>> 
>>> However, I don't see how this is related to HotSpot, as the zlib
>>> usage
>>> is in the jdk tree.
>>> --
>>> Andrew :)
>>> 
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