On Monday, 18 August 2008, at 18:15:53 (-0400),
Jeff Johnson wrote:

> Alexey's flushing patches to rpmio/gzdio.c make the need for internal
> zlib (with Rusty Russel's --rsyncable padding) superfluous.
>
> Should I rip out internal zlib on HEAD and rpm-5.1.4? I see no reason not
> to start this effort, and am fighting dueling -lz <-> -lrpmz if building 
> --without-neon
> anyways. Ripping out internal zlib and backporting rpmio/gzdio.c is likely
> the best long term fix.

Go for it.

Michael

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