Re: [PATCH] Pull -lz for the script backend

"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:08:29 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.cairo
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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.


--mtx

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