Bug 504497 – Is kernel shipping zlib?

Bug 504497 - Is kernel shipping zlib?

Summary:	Is kernel shipping zlib?

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	DuplicSysLibsTracker
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Reported:	2009-06-07 10:44 EDT by Simon
Modified:	2009-08-17 11:26 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2009-06-08 16:29:47 EDT
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Description Simon 2009-06-07 10:44:53 EDT

Description of problem:
The kernel is carrying its own copy of zlib, isn't it?

If yes, this is not allowed for reasons noted here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Duplication_of_system_libraries

How reproducible:
$ rpm -ql kernel | grep zlib
/lib/modules/2.6.29.3-140.fc11.ppc/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate
/lib/modules/2.6.29.3-140.fc11.ppc/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.ko

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2009-06-08 16:29:47 EDT

The kernel cannot link against shared libraries; it would be an exception to this policy.

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