Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#33437 closed request (invalid)

zlib @1.2.6_0 Use system zlib?

Reported by: MaddTheSane (C.W. Betts) Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Low Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.0.4
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

I am curious why MacPorts doesn't use more system libraries. I was surprised when it installed Perl, libffi, ncurses, and libiconv. Doesn't Mac OS X already have those libraries? Why build our own? Are the Apple-supplied versions out-of-date or incomplete?

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed
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