SUMMARY With digiKam-6.1.0-git-20190310T212601-Win64.exe, a system dialog stating "The program can't start because libz.dll is missing from your computer." occurs on every launch. This did not occur with the 20190308 build. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Launch digiKam OBSERVED RESULT A system dialog stating "The program can't start because libz.dll is missing from your computer." occurs on every launch. This did not occur with the 20190308 build. EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: Windows 7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Program Files directory for digiKam does not contain a libz.dll file. There is a zlib1.dll.
The problem is due to the new DrMinGw update which is cross compiled while Windows installer compilation. There is no dll dependencies scan over DrMinGW dll, and this one use libz.dll. I will fix that this evening. Gilles Caulier
Git commit ca67bd923906bafddcae58f7c30c4377e93537c6 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 12/03/2019 at 21:50. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. link drmingw with static libz M +13 -0 project/bundles/3rdparty/ext_drmingw/drmingw-coreonly.patch https://commits.kde.org/digikam/ca67bd923906bafddcae58f7c30c4377e93537c6
Git commit 969fc48b3e004b75be2adea9e530044029d5b881 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 12/03/2019 at 21:55. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. parse drmingw dlls for inter-dependencies M +8 -3 project/bundles/mxe/04-build-installer.sh M +24 -0 project/bundles/mxe/rll.py https://commits.kde.org/digikam/969fc48b3e004b75be2adea9e530044029d5b881
Bill, The problem must be fixed in next Windows installers for pre-release 6.1.0. Files will be uploaded this morning (compilation just started - this take 2 hours). Gilles Caulier
Git commit 48fd5e4bc85dd4b61af762f0200db6b0cc74900c by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 13/03/2019 at 19:13. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. DrMinGw only provide 2 dlls usable without extra Microsoft debug tools. M +0 -5 project/bundles/mxe/04-build-installer.sh https://commits.kde.org/digikam/48fd5e4bc85dd4b61af762f0200db6b0cc74900c
Missing dll problem for DrMinGw is now fixed in Windows installer. Gilles Caulier