-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
-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. 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 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 0.95 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 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
+ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
+
+zlib 1.2.10 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
+thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
+(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
+http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and
+rfc1952 (gzip format).
+
+All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
+(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example
+of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that
+the library is working correctly. Another example is given in the file
+test/minigzip.c. The compression library itself is composed of all source
+files in the root directory.
+
+To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at
+the top of Makefile.in. In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes
+well, "make install" should work for most flavors of Unix. For Windows, use
+one of the special makefiles in win32/ or contrib/vstudio/ . For VMS, use
+make_vms.com.
+
+Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip.org>, or to Gilles Vollant
+<info@winimage.com> for the Windows DLL version. The zlib home page is
+http://zlib.net/ . Before reporting a problem, please check this site to
+verify that you have the latest version of zlib; otherwise get the latest
+version and check whether the problem still exists or not.
+
+PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html before asking for help.
+
+Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
+issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at
+http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ .
+
+The changes made in version 1.2.10 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
+
+Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory contrib/ .
+
+zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package, documented at
+http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ .
+
+A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is available
+at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including
+http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ .
+
+A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> is
+available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see
+http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html .
+
+zlib is built into tcl: http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610 .
+
+An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top
+of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available in the
+contrib/minizip directory of zlib.
+
+
+Notes for some targets:
+
+- For Windows DLL versions, please see win32/DLL_FAQ.txt
+
+- For 64-bit Irix, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization. With
+ -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32
+ compiler flag). The compiler bug has been reported to SGI.
+
+- zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1 it works
+ when compiled with cc.
+
+- On Digital Unix 4.0D (formely OSF/1) on AlphaServer, the cc option -std1 is
+ necessary to get gzprintf working correctly. This is done by configure.
+
+- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works with
+ other compilers. Use "make test" to check your compiler.
+
+- gzdopen is not supported on RISCOS or BEOS.
+
+- For PalmOs, see http://palmzlib.sourceforge.net/
+
+
+Acknowledgments:
+
+ The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and
+ zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
+ people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they
+ are too numerous to cite here.
+
+Copyright notice:
+
+ (C) 1995-2017 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler