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| author | Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu> | 2011-09-09 23:20:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu> | 2011-09-09 23:20:42 -0700 |
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| 1 | zlib 1.1.3 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code | 1 | zlib 1.1.4 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code |
| 2 | is thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library | 2 | is thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library |
| 3 | is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files | 3 | is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files |
| 4 | ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate | 4 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate |
| 5 | format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in | 5 | format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in |
| 6 | other formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html | 6 | other formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| @@ -14,51 +14,50 @@ except example.c and minigzip.c. | |||
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions | 15 | To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions |
| 16 | given at the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install" | 16 | given at the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install" |
| 17 | should work for most machines. For Unix: "configure; make test; make install" | 17 | should work for most machines. For Unix: "./configure; make test; make install" |
| 18 | For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc. | 18 | For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc. |
| 19 | For VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms. | 19 | For VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms. |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov>, or to | 21 | Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip.org>, or to |
| 22 | Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com> for the Windows DLL version. | 22 | Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com> for the Windows DLL version. |
| 23 | The zlib home page is http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ | 23 | The zlib home page is http://www.zlib.org or http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ |
| 24 | The official zlib ftp site is ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ | 24 | Before reporting a problem, please check this site to verify that |
| 25 | Before reporting a problem, please check those sites to verify that | ||
| 26 | you have the latest version of zlib; otherwise get the latest version and | 25 | you have the latest version of zlib; otherwise get the latest version and |
| 27 | check whether the problem still exists or not. | 26 | check whether the problem still exists or not. |
| 28 | 27 | ||
| 29 | Mark Nelson <markn@tiny.com> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 | 28 | PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html |
| 29 | before asking for help. | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 | ||
| 30 | issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in | 32 | issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in |
| 31 | http://web2.airmail.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm | 33 | http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm |
| 32 | 34 | ||
| 33 | The changes made in version 1.1.3 are documented in the file ChangeLog. | 35 | The changes made in version 1.1.4 are documented in the file ChangeLog. |
| 34 | The main changes since 1.1.2 are: | 36 | The only changes made since 1.1.3 are bug corrections: |
| 35 | 37 | ||
| 36 | - fix "an inflate input buffer bug that shows up on rare but persistent | 38 | - ZFREE was repeated on same allocation on some error conditions. |
| 37 | occasions" (Mark) | 39 | This creates a security problem described in |
| 38 | - fix gzread and gztell for concatenated .gz files (Didier Le Botlan) | 40 | http://www.zlib.org/advisory-2002-03-11.txt |
| 39 | - fix gzseek(..., SEEK_SET) in write mode | 41 | - Returned incorrect error (Z_MEM_ERROR) on some invalid data |
| 40 | - fix crc check after a gzeek (Frank Faubert) | 42 | - Avoid accesses before window for invalid distances with inflate window |
| 41 | - fix miniunzip when the last entry in a zip file is itself a zip file | 43 | less than 32K. |
| 42 | (J Lillge) | 44 | - force windowBits > 8 to avoid a bug in the encoder for a window size |
| 43 | - add contrib/asm586 and contrib/asm686 (Brian Raiter) | 45 | of 256 bytes. (A complete fix will be available in 1.1.5). |
| 44 | See http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/assembly.html | 46 | |
| 45 | - add support for Delphi 3 in contrib/delphi (Bob Dellaca) | 47 | The beta version 1.1.5beta includes many more changes. A new official |
| 46 | - add support for C++Builder 3 and Delphi 3 in contrib/delphi2 (Davide Moretti) | 48 | version 1.1.5 will be released as soon as extensive testing has been |
| 47 | - do not exit prematurely in untgz if 0 at start of block (Magnus Holmgren) | 49 | completed on it. |
| 48 | - use macro EXTERN instead of extern to support DLL for BeOS (Sander Stoks) | 50 | |
| 49 | - added a FAQ file | ||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | plus many changes for portability. | ||
| 52 | 51 | ||
| 53 | Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib". | 52 | Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib". |
| 54 | 53 | ||
| 55 | A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1 | 54 | A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit |
| 56 | http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html | 55 | http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html |
| 57 | See the zlib home page http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ for details. | 56 | See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details. |
| 58 | 57 | ||
| 59 | A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> | 58 | A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> |
| 60 | is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as: | 59 | is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites |
| 61 | ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib* | 60 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/ |
| 62 | 61 | ||
| 63 | A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com> | 62 | A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com> |
| 64 | is available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see | 63 | is available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see |
| @@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ Acknowledgments: | |||
| 117 | 116 | ||
| 118 | Copyright notice: | 117 | Copyright notice: |
| 119 | 118 | ||
| 120 | (C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler | 119 | (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
| 121 | 120 | ||
| 122 | This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied | 121 | This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied |
| 123 | warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages | 122 | warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages |