-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
+zlib 1.2.0 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
-ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate
+http://www.ietf.org/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
-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.
+All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
+(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact jloup@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.
To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions
given at the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install"
-should work for most machines. For MSDOS, use one of the special
-makefiles such as Makefile.msc; for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.
+should work for most machines. For Unix: "./configure; make test; make install"
+For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc.
+For VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.
-Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov> or,
-if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section.
+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://www.zlib.org or http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
+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.
-The changes made in version 1.0.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
-The main changes since 0.99 are:
+PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html
+before asking for help.
-- fix array overlay in deflate.c which sometimes caused bad compressed data
-- fix inflate bug with empty stored block
-- fix MSDOS medium model which was broken in 0.99
-- fix deflateParams() which could generated bad compressed data.
-- added an INDEX file
-- 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)
+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 in
+http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
-A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
-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*
+The changes made in version 1.2.0 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
+
+Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".
+
+A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit
+http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html
+See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details.
+
+A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org>
+is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites
+http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/
+
+A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com>
+is available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see
+http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html
+
+A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com>
+is availlable at http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html
+
+An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format,
+written on top of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is
+available at http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
+and also in the contrib/minizip directory of zlib.
Notes for some targets:
-- For Turbo C the small model is supported only with reduced performance to
- avoid any far allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3
+- 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
+ The zlib DLL support was initially done by Alessandro Iacopetti and is
+ now maintained by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>. Check the zlib DLL
+ home page at http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
+
+ From Visual Basic, you can call the DLL functions which do not take
+ a structure as argument: compress, uncompress and all gz* functions.
+ See contrib/visual-basic.txt for more information, or get
+ http://www.tcfb.com/dowseware/cmp-z-it.zip
-- For 64-bit Iris, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization.
+- 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 -32 compiler flag).
+ 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.
-- 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.
+- 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.
-- 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
- <iaco@cicladi.unial.it>
+- 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, BEOS and by some Mac compilers.
+
+- For Turbo C the small model is supported only with reduced performance to
+ avoid any far allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3
+
+- For PalmOs, see http://www.cs.uit.no/~perm/PASTA/pilot/software.html
+ Per Harald Myrvang <perm@stud.cs.uit.no>
Acknowledgments:
The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate
- and zlib specifications were written by Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
+ 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) 1995-1996 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+ (C) 1995-2003 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
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
- gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu madler@alumni.caltech.edu
+ jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not*
receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided
projects / zlib.git / blobdiff