GNU bug report logs - #18650
25.0.50; Error message 'zlib library not found'

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Message #8 received at 18650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18650: 25.0.50; Error message 'zlib library not found'
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:20:20 +0300

> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:17:33 +0200
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Recipe:
> * If you have 'zlib1.dll' on path, rename it temporarily to something
>   else.
> * emacs -Q
> * C-x C-f M-n
> 
> I see an annoying error message in the echo area: 'zlib library not
> found'.
> 
> IIUC, Emacs should not show such message.  Instead, if it doesn't find
> an optional library at runtime, it should just proceed without using the
> feature(s) provided by the library.

I think I fixed this in trunk revision 118070.

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