Re: [PATCH] Fix Reiser4 Dependencies

[Edward Shishkin <edward@namesys.com>]

Andrew James Wade wrote:

> Hello Edward, Hans.
>
>  
>
> > Edward Shishkin wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > ZLIB_INFLATE/DEFLATE  will be selected by special reiser4 related
> > > configuration
> > > option "Enable reiser4 compression plugins of gzip family" ...
> > >      
> Sounds promising.
>
>  
>
> > > Anyway thanks,
> > >      
> You're welcome.
>
> On June 21, 2005 02:47 pm, Hans Reiser wrote:
>  
>
> > I am sorry, are you telling him that it works for you because you have
> > code that is different?
> >    
> As I understand it, when his upcoming changes are merged, base Reiser4
> would no longer depend on ZLIB_INFLATE/DEFLATE and my patch would then be
> incorrect. 

Yes, this will be supported optionally, plus some code to check it in 
the places
where zlib is really needed.

Edward.

> I am not in a position to know whether a code-dump or a minimal
> fix or something in-between is most appropriate for the next -mm release,
> for the moment just tweaking the Kconfig is working for me (I'm using
> Reiser4 under 2.6.12-mm1 with no further problems).
>
> HTH,
> Andrew
>
>
>  

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