Missing zlib about plink-ng HOT 4 CLOSED

I plan to switch to system zlib when I'm no longer frequently updating the codebase. For now, the likelihood that statically-linked zlib 1.2.8 will have higher performance than the system-installed version is too high.

The plink_first_compile script downloads zlib 1.2.8 into the current directory.

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Thanks for pointing out a workaround.

I don't quite understand your point about zlib -- can you elaborate?. Is the issue that common platforms come with an older version (e.g., CentOS 7 comes with 1.2.7)? I don't see how static vs dynamics linking would make a difference in performance. If you need a statically-linked version, CentOS 7 has packages for both statically and dynamically linked versions of zlib -- maybe other platforms do as well?

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Yes, the issue is that plink is used on a bunch of systems with much older zlibs, and it is sometimes a pain for the users to get a newer version installed.

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Makes sense! Thanks!

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