>> I just hope that decision to use the Perl lib's included ZLib won't bite
>> me later. 

>It *probably* won't. 
>There is nothing wrong with static linking within a package. But,
>many years ago, there was a problem with a vulnerability in a
>library that had been included in *many* other packages. 
>And that package was ... zlib. 

>Hope the rest of your build goes ok.

Thank You ĸen

That was a very a informative email, thank you for taking the time to
spell out the background and reasoning behind it all. I got from that
its not statically linked - as much as "bundles" of multiple projects
being harder to effectively maintain. 

Well, I've never been more in tune with compiling linux source thanks to
the LFS book. (In Chapter 7 finally - hehe) Point is, I'll probably take
another stab at it later on as I'm sure I can tinker, and either succeed
or return to my "fallback" (use the bundled zlib again) if necessary. 

I hope all of you are enjoying the holiday season! 

--Jason

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