From 25e5325501edade156e897f95afdaa2be78ad9a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Adler Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:10:21 -0700 Subject: zlib 0.95 --- README | 39 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 1cbd6be..1810978 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -zlib 0.94 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library. -Unless new bugs are found it will be released again as the first official -version (1.0). This version has no known bugs. +zlib 0.95 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library. +This should be the last version before the first official +version (1.0), so please test it now. (At least compile and run it with +"make test"). This version has no known bugs. The data format used by the zlib library is described in the files zlib-3.1.doc, deflate-1.1.doc and gzip-4.1.doc, available @@ -8,31 +9,29 @@ in ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/doc. All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file example.c -which also tests that the library is working correctly. +which also tests that the library is working correctly. Another +example is given in the file minigzip.c. To compile all files and run the test program, just type: make test -(For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc.) +(For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc; +for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.) To install the zlib library (libz.a) in /usr/local/lib, type: make install To install in a different directory, use for example: make install prefix=$HOME This will install in $HOME/lib instead of /usr/local/lib. -The changes made in version 0.94 are documented in the file ChangeLog. -The main changes since 0.93 are: -- support MSDOS small and medium model -- fix deflate with flush (could sometimes generate bad output) -- fix deflateReset (zlib header was incorrectly suppressed) -- added support for VMS -- allow a compression level in gzopen() -- gzflush now calls fflush -- For deflate with flush, flush even if no more input is provided. -- rename libgz.a as libz.a +The changes made in version 0.95 are documented in the file ChangeLog. +The main changes since 0.94 are: +- fix MSDOS small and medium model (now easier to adapt to any compiler) +- inlined send_bits +- fix the final (:-) bug for deflate with flush (output was correct but + not completely flushed in rare occasions). -For MSDOS, the small and medium models are supported only for Microsoft C. -(It should be easy to support them for Borland C also, but I don't have -a recent Borland compiler to test with.) The small model currently works -for Turbo/Borland C but only with reduced performance to avoid any far -allocation (tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DDEF_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3). +For MSDOS, the small and medium models have been tested only with Microsoft C. +(This should now work for Borland C also, but I don't have a recent Borland +compiler to test with.) The small model was tested with Turbo C but only with +reduced performance to avoid any far allocation; it was tested with + -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3 (C) 1995 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb