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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Thanks regarding the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><code><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD</span></b></code><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">suggestion,
I had a follow-up question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">zoslib </span></span><span style="color:black">consists of two static libraries and one separate object file. Due to a z/OS linker limitation, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.o</span></code><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">file
can’t be included inside an archive , it may get ignored unless one of its symbols is explicitly referenced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">To work around this, we usually pass all three </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">-lzoslib</span><span style="color:black">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">lzoslib-supp</span><span style="color:black">,
and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">celquopt.s.o</span><span style="color:black">— separately to the linker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Would it be acceptable to pass these externally via the<span class="apple-converted-space">
</span>configure invocation like this? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">./configure EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD="</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">-lzoslib</span><span style="color:black">
<span class="apple-converted-space"> -l</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">zoslib-supp</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> <lib_path>/</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">celquopt.s.o</span><span style="color:black">
"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Or would you prefer this logic be handled entirely within configure.ac?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Sachin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 18/06/25, 2:13<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM, "Werner Koch" <wk@gnupg.org> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:34, Sachin T said:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Hi Gpg team,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Please review patch required for libgpg-error on IBM z/OS platform.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pretty small now. Cool. I have an improvement:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Set build specific variable for zOS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * configure.ac (EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD): New ac_subst.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * src/Makefile.am (mkheader): Append that var to the rule.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Modified configure.ac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">index 78d8356..30a241f 100644<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--- a/configure.ac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+++ b/configure.ac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ case "${host}" in<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> ;;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">esac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+# Set some variables for building build platform helpers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+case "$build_os" in<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+ *zOS*)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+ EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD=zoslib<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+ *)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+ EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD=<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>;;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+esac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+AC_SUBST(EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">if test "$have_w32_system" != yes; then<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> gl_THREADLIB_EARLY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Modified src/Makefile.am<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">index e56bb23..feae327 100644<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--- a/src/Makefile.am<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+++ b/src/Makefile.am<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ errnos-sym.h: Makefile mkstrtable.awk errnos.in<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">mkheader$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD): mkheader.c Makefile<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>$(CC_FOR_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $(LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) \<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+ -o $@ $(srcdir)/mkheader.c $(EXTRA_LIBS_FOR_BUILD)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">parts_of_gpg_error_h = <span class="apple-tab-span">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>gpg-error.h.in <span class="apple-tab-span">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't know the cpu-vendor-os triplet for zOS - please fix run<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">config.guess. But using the above approach we should even be abale to<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">cross-build and LIBS is saved for host things and can be used as you<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">like. If you need to run configure (do you run it?) you may also want<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">to add zOS specific stuff into the 'case "${host}" in' part of<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">configure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">refuse military service. - A. Einstein<o:p></o:p></p>
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