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| 1 | zlib 0.92 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library. | 1 | zlib 0.93 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library. |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | The data format used by the zlib library is described in the | 3 | The data format used by the zlib library is described in the |
| 4 | files zlib-3.1.doc, deflate-1.1.doc and gzip-4.1.doc, available | 4 | files zlib-3.1.doc, deflate-1.1.doc and gzip-4.1.doc, available |
| @@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ To install the zlib library (libgz.a) in /usr/local/lib, type: make install | |||
| 14 | To install in a different directory, use for example: make install prefix=$HOME | 14 | To install in a different directory, use for example: make install prefix=$HOME |
| 15 | This will install in $HOME/lib instead of /usr/local/lib. | 15 | This will install in $HOME/lib instead of /usr/local/lib. |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | The changes made in version 0.92 are documented in the file ChangeLog. | 17 | The changes made in version 0.93 are documented in the file ChangeLog. |
| 18 | The main changes since 0.9 are: | 18 | The main changes since 0.9 are: |
| 19 | - don't assume that char is signed (problem on SGI) | 19 | - temporarily disable inline functions |
| 20 | - make deflate deterministic | ||
| 21 | - don't use signed char in inflate (not portable enough) | ||
| 22 | - fix inflate memory leak for segmented architectures | ||
| 20 | - Default MEM_LEVEL is 8 (not 9 for Unix) as documented in zlib.h | 23 | - Default MEM_LEVEL is 8 (not 9 for Unix) as documented in zlib.h |
| 21 | - Document the memory requirements in zconf.h | 24 | - Document the memory requirements in zconf.h |
| 22 | - added "make install" | 25 | - added "make install" |
| @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ medium model with far allocation of big objects. | |||
| 50 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. | 53 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. |
| 51 | 54 | ||
| 52 | Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler | 55 | Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler |
| 53 | gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu madler@cco.caltech.edu | 56 | gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu madler@alumni.caltech.edu |
| 54 | 57 | ||
| 55 | If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* | 58 | If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* |
| 56 | receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided | 59 | receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided |