ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
-zlib 1.2.5.2 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
+zlib 1.2.12 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
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 example.c which also tests that the library
-is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The
-compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and
-minigzip.c.
+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
+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
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 1.2.5.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
+The changes made in version 1.2.12 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory contrib/ .
Copyright notice:
- (C) 1995-2011 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+ (C) 1995-2022 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* receiving
lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided for free but without
warranty of any kind. The library has been entirely written by Jean-loup
-Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not include third-party code.
+Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not include third-party code. We make all
+contributions to and distributions of this project solely in our personal
+capacity, and are not conveying any rights to any intellectual property of
+any third parties.
If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include in
the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please read
projects / zlib.git / blobdiff