[cairo] [PATCH] Pull -lz for the script backend

Adrian Johnson ajohnson at redneon.com
Tue Aug 30 22:28:00 UTC 2016


On 31/08/16 06:38, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 03:48:57PM +0200, Olivier Blin wrote:
>> Le 12/08/2016 à 15:08, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult a écrit :
>>> On 12.08.2016 11:04, Olivier Blin wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Looks like this would silently disable the script backend if libz
>>>>> is missing. IMHO, a very bad idea - instead it should break with a
>>>>> proper error message.
>>>> This is actually copy/paste of what is already properly done for the
>>>> PostScript and PDF backends.
>>>>
>>>> CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(pdf, PDF, yes, [
>>>>     # The pdf backend requires zlib.
>>>>     use_pdf=$have_libz
>>>>     pdf_NONPKGCONFIG_LIBS=-lz
>>>> ])
>>>
>>> Right, there seems to be the same problem.
>>> I'd suggest emitting an error here.
>> Ok, but this is a separate issue that was already present in the
>> previous configure file.
>> This can be fixed regardless of this patch.
>>
>> Thanks for your input
> 
> Would you mind sending a 2-patch set that fixes both issues for us?

There is no problem with this patch.

https://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2016-August/027701.html

> 
> Thanks,
> Bryce
> 
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