Bug 504497 - Is kernel shipping zlib?
Summary: Is kernel shipping zlib?
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: DuplicSysLibsTracker
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Reported: 2009-06-07 14:44 UTC by Simon
Modified: 2009-08-17 15:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-06-08 20:29:47 UTC
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Description Simon 2009-06-07 14:44:53 UTC
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 20:29:47 UTC
The kernel cannot link against shared libraries; it would be an exception to this policy.


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