Re: zlib for pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: zlib for pg_dump
Date: 2000-07-04 20:11:15
Message-ID: 28471.962741475@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think we need a --with-zlib switch for the new pg_dump. Or at least a
> --without-zlib switch, if you think that it's widespread enough.

Seems reasonable to me to look for libz automatically in the library
search path. A --with switch would only serve as an addition to the
LIBS directory list, and as I commented in another connection I see no
good reason for adding a bunch of variant spellings of --with-libs ...

regards, tom lane

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