Bug#139320: dpkg: dpkg-deb does not dynamically link libz

[Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>]

severity 139320 wishlist
thanks

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Daniel Quinlan wrote:

> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.9.20
> Severity: normal

First, dselect and dpkg will be split post woody, so the dpkg.deb will only
depend on libc6.

Second, having external library dependencies in dpkg is something we(Wichert
and I) would rather not have.

Third, linking against the library allows us to not have to exec gzip, which
is the way the original code worked.

For extracting debs, the only exec that happens is the one for dpkg-deb.  And,
since that file is part of dpkg itself, it will always be working.

I would rather tag this bug wontfix, or close it, but I'll wait for Wichert's
take on it first before doing so.