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Subject: Re: [PATCH] zlib double-free bug 
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minyard@acm.org said:
> > 2.4.19ac has the shared zlib already. The zlib sharing stuff wasnt a
> > 2.5 patch backported - its a 2.4 fix that went forward

> Since I did the original shared zlib patch and I did it to 2.5, either
> we have two patches floating around or you are incorrect.  If we have 
> two patches, we need to resolve the situation. 

The patch that's now in the -ac tree is a backport of the 2.5 code, after we
actually made the 2.5 code _work_, that is.

Alan's right that there was at least _some_ work on a shared zlib in 2.4, 
though.


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