Hi Herb,
On 21/10/2011, at 6:47 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> If TexLive had been around in 2002 and was statically linking to zlib,
>> it would have been affected too. TeX does not link against zlib but
>> LaTeX and XeTeX do.
>> ...
>
> Howdy,
> Also, you say ``TeX does not link against zlib but LaTeX and XeTeX do'' and I
> don't understand that since LaTeX is simply a macro package that sits on top
> of TeX and isn't linked to anything like zlib as far as I know. XeTeX is an
> engine but I don't know what it's linked to.
The binary called 'latex' is actually a (hard or soft) link to the
underlying binary named 'pdftex'.
This is what is statically linked to 'zlib'.
It is a different binary to 'xetex', so his statements
make perfect sense, from this (very pragmatic) point of view.
But yes, I had to think about it a bit, before being confident
about what was being said.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
Cheers from Kerala.
Ross
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