Michał Górny <[email protected]> writes: > A new virtual to cover sys-libs/zlib and sys-libs/zlib-ng[compat] > (+ sys-libs/minizip-ng[compat]). The latter package is now used > by an increasing number of distributions, including Arch Linux [1] > and Fedora [2], and upstream seems to have started taking ABI > compatibility seriously. While we aren't planning on switching > the default anytime soon, it makes sense to provide the option to switch > one's system. There is also zlib-rs around the corner [3]. > > Given how widespread the dependency on sys-libs/zlib is, I think we're > only going to substitute it in place, without revbumping -- and whoever > decides to try out zlib-ng will be out for rebuilding everything. > > [1] > https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UPJYWKUJRQDHNU4IXGFDU6GVEHPSTKDZ/#UPJYWKUJRQDHNU4IXGFDU6GVEHPSTKDZ > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ZlibNGTransition > [3] https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/zlib-rs/issues/419
LGTM. I was unsure about it before but the situation has fortunately improved wrt zlib-ng compatibility. For completeness, this is https://bugs.gentoo.org/905376. > > Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <[email protected]> > --- > virtual/zlib/metadata.xml | 11 +++++++++++ > virtual/zlib/zlib-1.ebuild | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 virtual/zlib/metadata.xml > create mode 100644 virtual/zlib/zlib-1.ebuild > > diff --git a/virtual/zlib/metadata.xml b/virtual/zlib/metadata.xml > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000000..e2171ff983981 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/virtual/zlib/metadata.xml > @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ > +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd";> > +<pkgmetadata> > + <maintainer type="project"> > + <email>[email protected]</email> > + <name>Gentoo Base System</name> > + </maintainer> > + <use> > + <flag name="minizip">include the minizip library for quick and > dirty zip extraction</flag> > + </use> > +</pkgmetadata> > diff --git a/virtual/zlib/zlib-1.ebuild b/virtual/zlib/zlib-1.ebuild > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000000..2095b6ce181d8 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/virtual/zlib/zlib-1.ebuild > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ > +# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors > +# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 > + > +EAPI=8 > + > +inherit multilib-build > + > +DESCRIPTION="Virtual for libz.so providers" > +SLOT="0/1" > +KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv > ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos > ~x64-solaris" > +IUSE="minizip static-libs" > + > +RDEPEND=" > + || ( > + sys-libs/zlib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},minizip?,static-libs?] > + ( > + > sys-libs/zlib-ng[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},compat,static-libs(-)?] > + minizip? ( > + > sys-libs/minizip-ng[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},compat,static-libs(-)?] > + ) > + ) > + ) > +"
