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authorMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:15:17 -0700
committerMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:15:17 -0700
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1zlib 1.0.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code 1zlib 1.0.2 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
2is reentrant (thread safe). The data format used by the zlib library 2is reentrant (thread safe). The data format used by the zlib library
3is described in the files zlib-3.3.doc, deflate-1.3.doc and 3is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
4gzip-4.3.doc, available in various formats from 4ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate
5ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/documents/zlib/ 5format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in
6other formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
6 7
7All functions of the compression library are documented in the file 8All functions of the compression library are documented in the file
8zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file example.c 9zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file example.c
@@ -18,9 +19,8 @@ makefiles such as Makefile.msc; for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.
18Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov> or, 19Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov> or,
19if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section. 20if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section.
20 21
21The changes made in version 1.0.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog. 22The changes made in version 1.0.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
22Version number 1.0 was skipped to avoid confusion with version 0.99 23The main changes since 0.99 are:
23which had some references to 1.0 already. The main changes since 0.99 are:
24 24
25- fix array overlay in deflate.c which sometimes caused bad compressed data 25- fix array overlay in deflate.c which sometimes caused bad compressed data
26- fix inflate bug with empty stored block 26- fix inflate bug with empty stored block
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ which had some references to 1.0 already. The main changes since 0.99 are:
30- new makefiles for DJGPP (Makefile.dj2), 32-bit Borland (Makefile.b32), 30- new makefiles for DJGPP (Makefile.dj2), 32-bit Borland (Makefile.b32),
31 Watcom (Makefile.wat), Amiga SAS/C (Makefile.sas) 31 Watcom (Makefile.wat), Amiga SAS/C (Makefile.sas)
32- several portability improvements 32- several portability improvements
33- added algorithm.doc
34- added Windows DLL support
35- added a function zlibVersion (for the DLL support)
36
37A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
38is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as:
39ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib*
40
33 41
34Notes for some targets: 42Notes for some targets:
35 43
@@ -46,9 +54,10 @@ Notes for some targets:
46- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with one cc compiler (the one not 54- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with one cc compiler (the one not
47 accepting the -O option). It works with the other cc compiler. 55 accepting the -O option). It works with the other cc compiler.
48 56
49A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> 57- To build a Windows DLL version, include in a DLL project zlib.def, zlib.rc
50is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as: 58 and all .c files except example.c and minigzip.c; compile with -DZLIB_DLL
51ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib* 59 For help on building a zlib DLL, contact Alessandro Iacopetti
60 <iaco@cicladi.unial.it>
52 61
53 62
54Acknowledgments: 63Acknowledgments: