Re: Building for Windows without zlib?

[Martin Mathieson <martin.r.mathieson () googlemail com>]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <robert.bullen () usbank com> wrote:

> I build Wireshark for Windows without zlib. It works faster, but I think
> that is more the result of consuming less memory than an actual speed
> increase. In addition, it allows files larger than 2 GB to be read (at
> least that used to be a reason; not sure if it is still valid). One
> drawback is that compressed HTTP payloads are not decoded.
>
> What you need to modify in config.nmake is ZLIB_CONFIG:
>
> Change from this:
>
> ZLIB_CONFIG=^#define HAVE_LIBZ 1
>
> To this:
>
> ZLIB_CONFIG=
>
> Robert Bullen
I finally tried this.  As I expected, it didn't make any measurable
difference.
Martin

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