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authorMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:20:15 -0700
committerMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:20:15 -0700
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1zlib 1.1.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code 1zlib 1.1.2 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
2is thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library 2is thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library
3is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files 3is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
4ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate 4ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate
@@ -21,18 +21,27 @@ Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov> or,
21if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section. 21if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section.
22The zlib home page is http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ 22The zlib home page is http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
23The official zlib ftp site is ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ 23The official zlib ftp site is ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
24Mark Nelson wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 issue of 24Mark Nelson <markn@tiny.com> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
25Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in 25issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in
26http://web2.airmail.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm 26http://web2.airmail.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
27 27
28The changes made in version 1.1.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog. 28The changes made in version 1.1.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
29The main changes since 1.1.0 are: 29The main changes since 1.1.1 are:
30 30
31- fix macros _tr_tally_* in deflate.h for debug mode (Glenn Randers-Pehrson) 31- added contrib/minzip, mini zip and unzip based on zlib (Gilles Vollant)
32- remove block truncation heuristic which had very marginal effect for zlib 32 See http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
33 (smaller lit_bufsize than in gzip 1.2.4) and degraded a little the 33- preinitialize the inflate tables for fixed codes, to make the code
34 compression ratio on some files. This also allows inlining _tr_tally for 34 completely thread safe (Mark)
35 matches in deflate_slow. 35- some simplifications and slight speed-up to the inflate code (Mark)
36- fix gzeof on non-compressed files (Allan Schrum)
37- add -std1 option in configure for OSF1 to fix gzprintf (Martin Mokrejs)
38- use default value of 4K for Z_BUFSIZE for 16-bit MSDOS (Tim Wegner + Glenn)
39- added os2/Makefile.def and os2/zlib.def (Andrew Zabolotny)
40- add shared lib support for UNIX_SV4.2MP (MATSUURA Takanori)
41- do not wrap extern "C" around system includes (Tom Lane)
42- added amiga/Makefile.pup for Amiga powerUP SAS/C PPC (Andreas Kleinert)
43- allow "make install prefix=..." even after configure (Glenn Randers-Pehrson)
44- allow "configure --prefix $HOME" (Tim Mooney)
36 45
37 46
38Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib". 47Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".
@@ -49,9 +58,13 @@ A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com>
49is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as: 58is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as:
50ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz 59ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz
51 60
52An experimental package to read files in .zip format, written on top of 61A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com>
53zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available at 62is availlable at http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html
54http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html 63
64An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format,
65written on top of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is
66available at http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
67and also in the contrib/minizip directory of zlib.
55 68
56 69
57Notes for some targets: 70Notes for some targets:
@@ -74,6 +87,9 @@ Notes for some targets:
74- zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1 87- zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1
75 it works when compiled with cc. 88 it works when compiled with cc.
76 89
90- on Digital Unix 4.0D (formely OSF/1) on AlphaServer, the cc option -std1
91 is necessary to get gzprintf working correctly. This is done by configure.
92
77- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works 93- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works
78 with other compilers. Use "make test" to check your compiler. 94 with other compilers. Use "make test" to check your compiler.
79 95
@@ -90,7 +106,7 @@ Notes for some targets:
90Acknowledgments: 106Acknowledgments:
91 107
92 The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate 108 The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate
93 and zlib specifications were written by Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the 109 and zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
94 people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; 110 people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib;
95 they are too numerous to cite here. 111 they are too numerous to cite here.
96 112