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To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Cc: Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>, GCC Development <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>,        GDB <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Add zlib source to src CVS resposity
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"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:

> [...]  By default, the in-tree zlib is used.  If you configure
> binutis using --with-system-zlib, system zlib will be used.  [...]

Can you summarize what modern platforms lack a system zlib, and what
justifies using the proposed in-tree copy by default?

- FChE