DJ Lucas wrote:
> Hi guys.  I'm using OpenSSL0.9.8d and I notice that we no longer link in
> zlib.  Is there a reason for this change?  A quick search of the
> archives revealed nothing.  I do recall a while back, we had statically
> linked zlib, however, I thought that this was not a problem anymore.
> Anyway, looks like 'zlib-dynamic' is needed.  Also, I believe we are
> missing a few optional deps (krb5 flavor, gmp, and camellia are output
> by config), but haven't verified more than just that output.

I think that OpenSSL uses an internal version of zlib.  Personally, I
would prefer that for an important security application like this.  If
there is a problem with zlib, it won't be propagated to OpenSSL and if
there is a problem with the internal version of zib, I would expect the
OpenSSL package to be quickly updated.

  -- Bruce
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