Tom Lane wrote:
> Matt England <mengland@mengland.net> writes:
> > Is it safe to make a build with './configure --without-zlib'?
>
> > What's the consequences of doing this? Will something not work properly in
> > the resulting psql application/database?
>
> AFAIR the only thing you lose is the ability to create or read
> compressed custom-format dump files in pg_dump/pg_restore. You
> can certainly live without this --- unless you need to read
> compressed dumps that someone else sends you.
And it is in our manual:
The <productname>zlib</productname> compression library will be
used by default. If you don't want to use it then you must
specify the <option>--without-zlib</option> option for
<filename>configure</filename>. Using this option disables
support for compressed archives in <application>pg_dump</> and
<application>pg_restore</>.
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