From e26a448e9673d67dc2866e11a48d24fc352e5f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Adler Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:15:17 -0700 Subject: zlib 1.0.2 --- README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index dd72d94..217f3b1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -zlib 1.0.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code +zlib 1.0.2 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is reentrant (thread safe). The data format used by the zlib library -is described in the files zlib-3.3.doc, deflate-1.3.doc and -gzip-4.3.doc, available in various formats from -ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/documents/zlib/ +is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files +ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate +format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in +other formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html 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 @@ -18,9 +19,8 @@ makefiles such as Makefile.msc; for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms. Questions about zlib should be sent to or, if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section. -The changes made in version 1.0.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog. -Version number 1.0 was skipped to avoid confusion with version 0.99 -which had some references to 1.0 already. The main changes since 0.99 are: +The changes made in version 1.0.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog. +The main changes since 0.99 are: - fix array overlay in deflate.c which sometimes caused bad compressed data - 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: - new makefiles for DJGPP (Makefile.dj2), 32-bit Borland (Makefile.b32), Watcom (Makefile.wat), Amiga SAS/C (Makefile.sas) - several portability improvements +- added algorithm.doc +- added Windows DLL support +- added a function zlibVersion (for the DLL support) + +A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess +is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as: +ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib* + Notes for some targets: @@ -46,9 +54,10 @@ Notes for some targets: - zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with one cc compiler (the one not accepting the -O option). It works with the other cc compiler. -A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess -is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as: -ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib* +- To build a Windows DLL version, include in a DLL project zlib.def, zlib.rc + and all .c files except example.c and minigzip.c; compile with -DZLIB_DLL + For help on building a zlib DLL, contact Alessandro Iacopetti + Acknowledgments: -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb