Commit f7f14537727bf6845d0eea08cd1fdc30accc2a53
2024-04-02T12:56:11
build: Disable support for compression libraries by default libxml2 has limited support for reading and writing compressed data with the help of zlib and liblzma which used to be enabled by default. This only works for files read from the file system and never worked with memory buffers. My guess is that this feature is virtually unused. In light of the recently discovered xz backdoor, it's a good time to disable these features by default to reduce attack surface and prepare for eventual removal. If --with-legacy is passed to the Autotools build, compression will be enabled by default as before.