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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>Apologies for the delayed response.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thank you for the suggestions. I will look into both options and follow up with a patch once I have a solution prepared.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sachin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 20/06/25, 9:31<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 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:44, Sachin T said:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> zoslib consists of two static libraries and one separate object<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> file. Due to a z/OS linker limitation, the .o file can’t be included<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> inside an archive , it may get ignored unless one of its symbols is<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> explicitly referenced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think we have something like this also for an older SunOS or so. The<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">solution was to explictly reference the symbol for the main code. I<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">think this was/is in Libgcrypt but I can't remember. But no problem if<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">you already have a solution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Or would you prefer this logic be handled entirely within configure.ac?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think it better to put this into configure.ac - this also documents<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the need for them.<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=-lzoslib -lzoslib-supp <lib_path>/celquopt.s.o<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">Is there any standard <lib_path> or can this be figured out at configure<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">run time?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another option would be to add it to autogen.rc and extend autogen.sh<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">with a --build-zos option like we did for Windows.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shalom-Salam,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Werner<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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