[LLVMdev] RFC: Using zlib to decompress debug info sections.

[Alexey Samsonov]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:

> On Apr 16, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Historically we've done the former. The latter would require Chris
> > wanting to do that.
>
> This case isn't so clearcut.  We like to include libraries in the source
> to make it easy to get up and running without having to install a ton of
> dependencies.  However, this has license implications and is generally
> annoying.
>

Looks like zlib license <http://zlib.net/zlib_license.html> is good enough
to avoid implications, but I can't really judge.

>
> Given that zlib is so widely available by default, and that the compiler
> can generate correct (albeit uncompressed) debug info, I think the best
> thing is to *not* include a copy in llvm.  Just detect and use it if we can
> find it, but otherwise generate uncompressed output.


Sure, I'll go this way then. Thanks!

-- 
Alexey Samsonov, MSK
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