[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #129293] zlib library used for binary win32 distribution can crash

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Bug #129293, was updated on 2001-Jan-18 12:41
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Windows
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: Platform-specific
Priority: 5
Submitted by: greg
Assigned to : nobody
Summary: zlib library used for binary win32 distribution can crash

Details: The zlib .lib or .dll that is used for the binary distribution of
python 2.0 (both from python.org and in activestate's "build 202" of python
2.0) contains a bug that only seems to show up on some people's win98
systems.  When it does, it appears to be nasty and cause windows crashes
(overwriting other memory, etc..?).

I was able to fix it by building my own copy of the zlib library from
sources and linking the zlib module against that.  Using the win32 binary
distribution of the zlib lib/dlls that is easily findable via a web search
seems to cause the problem (I suspect that is the package used in the
distribution build?).

I can provide both broken and working zlib.pyd files as well as source
archives I found and used to build zlib if desired.

I used MSVC++ 6.0 sp4 to build.

For detailed info, follow this link:
http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=129293&group_id=5470