zlib: Add comments regarding static/shared linking.

The main explanation was taken from commit:

    e999def1 zlib: clean up static/shared distincion

The `SHARED_MODE=1` bit was originally introduced in commit:

    0bfc84b0 Cross-compile zlib for Windows
wip/yesman
Niklas Hambüchen 5 years ago
parent 07ce48cc3a
commit bda6618bb6
  1. 17
      pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix

@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
{ stdenv
, fetchurl
# Regarding static/shared libaries, the current behaviour is:
#
# - static=true, shared=true: builds both and moves .a to the .static output;
# in this case `pkg-config` auto detection will
# not work if the .static output is given as
# buildInputs to another package (#66461)
# - static=true, shared=false: builds .a only and leaves it in the main output
# - static=false, shared=true: builds shared only
#
# To get both `.a` and shared libraries in one output,
# you currently have to use
# static=false, shared=true
# and use
# .overrideAttrs (old: { dontDisableStatic = true; })
# This is because by default, upstream zlib ./configure builds both.
, static ? true
, shared ? true
}:
@ -68,6 +83,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "msvcrt") [
"-f" "win32/Makefile.gcc"
] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals shared [
# Note that as of writing (zlib 1.2.11), this flag only has an effect
# for Windows as it is specific to `win32/Makefile.gcc`.
"SHARED_MODE=1"
];

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