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committer | kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-04-24 17:11:32 +0000 |
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diff --git a/lib/libz/ChangeLog b/lib/libz/ChangeLog index 48e465f..d60b6d3 100644 --- a/lib/libz/ChangeLog +++ b/lib/libz/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,48 @@ ChangeLog file for zlib +Changes in 1.2.2 (3 October 2004) +- Update zlib.h comments on gzip in-memory processing +- Set adler to 1 in inflateReset() to support Java test suite [Walles] +- Add contrib/dotzlib [Ravn] +- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta] +- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant] +- Move contrib/visual-basic.txt to old/ [Truta] +- Fix assembler builds in projects/visualc6/ [Truta] + +Changes in 1.2.1.2 (9 September 2004) +- Update INDEX file +- Fix trees.c to update strm->data_type (no one ever noticed!) +- Fix bug in error case in inflate.c, infback.c, and infback9.c [Brown] +- Add "volatile" to crc table flag declaration (for DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE) +- Add limited multitasking protection to DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE +- Add NO_vsnprintf for VMS in zutil.h [Mozilla] +- Don't declare strerror() under VMS [Mozilla] +- Add comment to DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE to use get_crc_table() to initialize +- Update contrib/ada [Anisimkov] +- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant] +- Fix configure to not hardcode directories for Darwin [Peterson] +- Fix gzio.c to not return error on empty files [Brown] +- Fix indentation; update version in contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas and + contrib/pascal/zlibpas.pas [Truta] +- Update mkasm.bat in contrib/masmx86 [Truta] +- Update contrib/untgz [Truta] +- Add projects/README.projects [Truta] +- Add project for MS Visual C++ 6.0 in projects/visualc6 [Cadieux, Truta] +- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta] +- Update list of Z_PREFIX symbols in zconf.h [Randers-Pehrson, Truta] +- Remove an unnecessary assignment to curr in inftrees.c [Truta] +- Add OS/2 to exe builds in configure [Poltorak] +- Remove err dummy parameter in zlib.h [Kientzle] + +Changes in 1.2.1.1 (9 January 2004) +- Update email address in README +- Several FAQ updates +- Fix a big fat bug in inftrees.c that prevented decoding valid + dynamic blocks with only literals and no distance codes -- + Thanks to "Hot Emu" for the bug report and sample file +- Add a note to puff.c on no distance codes case. + Changes in 1.2.1 (17 November 2003) - Remove a tab in contrib/gzappend/gzappend.c - Update some interfaces in contrib for new zlib functions diff --git a/lib/libz/FAQ b/lib/libz/FAQ index 7115ec3..4f61f10 100644 --- a/lib/libz/FAQ +++ b/lib/libz/FAQ @@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html 3. Where can I get a Visual Basic interface to zlib? See - * http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/ * http://www.dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm * contrib/visual-basic.txt in the zlib distribution + * win32/DLL_FAQ.txt in the zlib distribution - 4. compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR + 4. compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR. Make sure that before the call of compress, the length of the compressed buffer is equal to the total size of the compressed buffer and not zero. For Visual Basic, check that this parameter is passed by reference ("as any"), not by value ("as long"). - 5. deflate() or inflate() returns Z_BUF_ERROR + 5. deflate() or inflate() returns Z_BUF_ERROR. Before making the call, make sure that avail_in and avail_out are not zero. When setting the parameter flush equal to Z_FINISH, also make sure @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html It's in zlib.h for the moment, and Francis S. Lin has converted it to a web page zlib.html. Volunteers to transform this to Unix-style man pages, - please contact Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org). Examples of zlib usage - are in the files example.c and minigzip.c. + please contact us (zlib@gzip.org). Examples of zlib usage are in the files + example.c and minigzip.c. 7. Why don't you use GNU autoconf or libtool or ...? @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html 11. Can zlib handle .zip archives? - See the directory contrib/minizip in the zlib distribution. + Not by itself, no. See the directory contrib/minizip in the zlib + distribution. 12. Can zlib handle .Z files? @@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html 14. How do I install a shared zlib library on Unix? + After the above, then: + make install However, many flavors of Unix come with a shared zlib already installed. @@ -99,12 +102,31 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html trying to install it, you may want to check if it's already there! If you can #include <zlib.h>, it's there. The -lz option will probably link to it. -15. I have a question about OttoPDF +15. I have a question about OttoPDF. We are not the authors of OttoPDF. The real author is on the OttoPDF web - site Joel Hainley jhainley@myndkryme.com. + site: Joel Hainley, jhainley@myndkryme.com. + +16. Can zlib decode Flate data in an Adobe PDF file? + + Yes. See http://www.fastio.com/ (ClibPDF), or http://www.pdflib.com/ . + To modify PDF forms, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/acroformtool/ . + +17. Why am I getting this "register_frame_info not found" error on Solaris? + + After installing zlib 1.1.4 on Solaris 2.6, running applications using zlib + generates an error such as: + + ld.so.1: rpm: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/lib/libz.so: + symbol __register_frame_info: referenced symbol not found + + The symbol __register_frame_info is not part of zlib, it is generated by + the C compiler (cc or gcc). You must recompile applications using zlib + which have this problem. This problem is specific to Solaris. See + http://www.sunfreeware.com for Solaris versions of zlib and applications + using zlib. -16. Why does gzip give an error on a file I make with compress/deflate? +18. Why does gzip give an error on a file I make with compress/deflate? The compress and deflate functions produce data in the zlib format, which is different and incompatible with the gzip format. The gz* functions in @@ -112,7 +134,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html formats use the same compressed data format internally, but have different headers and trailers around the compressed data. -17. Ok, so why are there two different formats? +19. Ok, so why are there two different formats? The gzip format was designed to retain the directory information about a single file, such as the name and last modification date. The zlib @@ -120,7 +142,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html channel applications, and has a much more compact header and trailer and uses a faster integrity check than gzip. -18. Well that's nice, but how do I make a gzip file in memory? +20. Well that's nice, but how do I make a gzip file in memory? You can request that deflate write the gzip format instead of the zlib format using deflateInit2(). You can also request that inflate decode @@ -133,7 +155,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html function and roll your own gzip encoding and decoding. Read the gzip RFC 1952 for details of the header and trailer format. -19. Is zlib thread-safe? +21. Is zlib thread-safe? Yes. However any library routines that zlib uses and any application- provided memory allocation routines must also be thread-safe. zlib's gz* @@ -144,15 +166,15 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html Of course, you should only operate on any given zlib or gzip stream from a single thread at a time. -20. Can I use zlib in my commercial application? +22. Can I use zlib in my commercial application? Yes. Please read the license in zlib.h. -21. Is zlib under the GNU license? +23. Is zlib under the GNU license? No. Please read the license in zlib.h. -22. The license says that altered source versions must be "plainly marked". So +24. The license says that altered source versions must be "plainly marked". So what exactly do I need to do to meet that requirement? You need to change the ZLIB_VERSION and ZLIB_VERNUM #defines in zlib.h. In @@ -175,24 +197,24 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html ZLIB_VERSION and ZLIB_VERNUM and note the origin and nature of the changes in zlib.h as you would for a full source distribution. -23. Will zlib work on a big-endian or little-endian architecture, and can I +25. Will zlib work on a big-endian or little-endian architecture, and can I exchange compressed data between them? Yes and yes. -24. Will zlib work on a 64-bit machine? +26. Will zlib work on a 64-bit machine? It should. It has been tested on 64-bit machines, and has no dependence on any data types being limited to 32-bits in length. If you have any difficulties, please provide a complete problem report to zlib@gzip.org -25. Will zlib decompress data from the PKWare Data Compression Library? +27. Will zlib decompress data from the PKWare Data Compression Library? No. The PKWare DCL uses a completely different compressed data format than does PKZIP and zlib. However, you can look in zlib's contrib/blast directory for a possible solution to your problem. -26. Can I access data randomly in a compressed stream? +28. Can I access data randomly in a compressed stream? No, not without some preparation. If when compressing you periodically use Z_FULL_FLUSH, carefully write all the pending data at those points, @@ -200,27 +222,27 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html at those points. You have to be careful to not use Z_FULL_FLUSH too often, since it can significantly degrade compression. -27. Does zlib work on MVS, OS/390, CICS, etc.? +29. Does zlib work on MVS, OS/390, CICS, etc.? We don't know for sure. We have heard occasional reports of success on these systems. If you do use it on one of these, please provide us with a report, instructions, and patches that we can reference when we get these questions. Thanks. -28. Is there some simpler, easier to read version of inflate I can look at +30. Is there some simpler, easier to read version of inflate I can look at to understand the deflate format? First off, you should read RFC 1951. Second, yes. Look in zlib's contrib/puff directory. -29. Does zlib infringe on any patents? +31. Does zlib infringe on any patents? As far as we know, no. In fact, that was originally the whole point behind zlib. Look here for some more information: http://www.gzip.org/#faq11 -30. Can zlib work with greater than 4 GB of data? +32. Can zlib work with greater than 4 GB of data? Yes. inflate() and deflate() will process any amount of data correctly. Each call of inflate() or deflate() is limited to input and output chunks @@ -238,7 +260,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html only if the compiler's "long" type is 32 bits. If the compiler's "long" type is 64 bits, then the limit is 16 exabytes. -31. Does zlib have any security vulnerabilities? +33. Does zlib have any security vulnerabilities? The only one that we are aware of is potentially in gzprintf(). If zlib is compiled to use sprintf() or vsprintf(), then there is no protection @@ -258,35 +280,35 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html Note that you should be using the most recent version of zlib. Versions 1.1.3 and before were subject to a double-free vulnerability. -32. Is there a Java version of zlib? +34. Is there a Java version of zlib? Probably what you want is to use zlib in Java. zlib is already included as part of the Java SDK in the java.util.zip package. If you really want a version of zlib written in the Java language, look on the zlib home page for links: http://www.zlib.org/ -33. I get this or that compiler or source-code scanner warning when I crank it - up to maximally-pendantic. Can't you guys write proper code? +35. I get this or that compiler or source-code scanner warning when I crank it + up to maximally-pedantic. Can't you guys write proper code? Many years ago, we gave up attempting to avoid warnings on every compiler in the universe. It just got to be a waste of time, and some compilers were downright silly. So now, we simply make sure that the code always works. -34. Will zlib read the (insert any ancient or arcane format here) compressed +36. Will zlib read the (insert any ancient or arcane format here) compressed data format? Probably not. Look in the comp.compression FAQ for pointers to various formats and associated software. -35. How can I encrypt/decrypt zip files with zlib? +37. How can I encrypt/decrypt zip files with zlib? zlib doesn't support encryption. The original PKZIP encryption is very weak and can be broken with freely available programs. To get strong encryption, - use gpg ( http://www.gnupg.org/ ) which already includes zlib compression. + use GnuPG, http://www.gnupg.org/ , which already includes zlib compression. For PKZIP compatible "encryption", look at http://www.info-zip.org/ -36. What's the difference between the "gzip" and "deflate" HTTP 1.1 encodings? +38. What's the difference between the "gzip" and "deflate" HTTP 1.1 encodings? "gzip" is the gzip format, and "deflate" is the zlib format. They should probably have called the second one "zlib" instead to avoid confusion @@ -302,14 +324,14 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html Bottom line: use the gzip format for HTTP 1.1 encoding. -37. Does zlib support the new "Deflate64" format introduced by PKWare? +39. Does zlib support the new "Deflate64" format introduced by PKWare? No. PKWare has apparently decided to keep that format proprietary, since they have not documented it as they have previous compression formats. In any case, the compression improvements are so modest compared to other more modern approaches, that it's not worth the effort to implement. -38. Can you please sign these lengthy legal documents and fax them back to us +40. Can you please sign these lengthy legal documents and fax them back to us so that we can use your software in our product? No. Go away. Shoo. diff --git a/lib/libz/README b/lib/libz/README index 0f12054..df95ae1 100644 --- a/lib/libz/README +++ b/lib/libz/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY -zlib 1.2.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is +zlib 1.2.2 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://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format) @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ 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 -The changes made in version 1.2.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog. +The changes made in version 1.2.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog. Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib". @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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 +A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> is available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Acknowledgments: Copyright notice: - (C) 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler + (C) 1995-2004 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 diff --git a/lib/libz/zlib.h b/lib/libz/zlib.h index 92edf96..b4ddd34 100644 --- a/lib/libz/zlib.h +++ b/lib/libz/zlib.h @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* zlib.h -- interface of the 'zlib' general purpose compression library - version 1.2.1, November 17th, 2003 + version 1.2.2, October 3rd, 2004 - Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler + Copyright (C) 1995-2004 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 @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ extern "C" { #endif -#define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.1" -#define ZLIB_VERNUM 0x1210 +#define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.2" +#define ZLIB_VERNUM 0x1220 /* The 'zlib' compression library provides in-memory compression and @@ -53,24 +53,22 @@ extern "C" { application must provide more input and/or consume the output (providing more output space) before each call. - The compressed data format used by the in-memory functions is the zlib - format, which is a zlib wrapper documented in RFC 1950, wrapped around a - deflate stream, which is itself documented in RFC 1951. + The compressed data format used by default by the in-memory functions is + the zlib format, which is a zlib wrapper documented in RFC 1950, wrapped + around a deflate stream, which is itself documented in RFC 1951. The library also supports reading and writing files in gzip (.gz) format with an interface similar to that of stdio using the functions that start with "gz". The gzip format is different from the zlib format. gzip is a gzip wrapper, documented in RFC 1952, wrapped around a deflate stream. + This library can optionally read and write gzip streams in memory as well. + The zlib format was designed to be compact and fast for use in memory and on communications channels. The gzip format was designed for single- file compression on file systems, has a larger header than zlib to maintain directory information, and uses a different, slower check method than zlib. - This library does not provide any functions to write gzip files in memory. - However such functions could be easily written using zlib's deflate function, - the documentation in the gzip RFC, and the examples in gzio.c. - The library does not install any signal handler. The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, so the library should never crash even in case of corrupted input. @@ -401,7 +399,7 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflate OF((z_streamp strm, int flush)); because Z_BLOCK is used. If a preset dictionary is needed after this call (see inflateSetDictionary - below), inflate sets strm-adler to the adler32 checksum of the dictionary + below), inflate sets strm->adler to the adler32 checksum of the dictionary chosen by the compressor and returns Z_NEED_DICT; otherwise it sets strm->adler to the adler32 checksum of all output produced so far (that is, total_out bytes) and returns Z_OK, Z_STREAM_END or an error code as described @@ -478,7 +476,8 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT deflateInit2 OF((z_streamp strm, 16 to windowBits to write a simple gzip header and trailer around the compressed data instead of a zlib wrapper. The gzip header will have no file name, no extra data, no comment, no modification time (set to zero), - no header crc, and the operating system will be set to 255 (unknown). + no header crc, and the operating system will be set to 255 (unknown). If a + gzip stream is being written, strm->adler is a crc32 instead of an adler32. The memLevel parameter specifies how much memory should be allocated for the internal compression state. memLevel=1 uses minimum memory but @@ -649,7 +648,8 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateInit2 OF((z_streamp strm, windowBits can also be greater than 15 for optional gzip decoding. Add 32 to windowBits to enable zlib and gzip decoding with automatic header detection, or add 16 to decode only the gzip format (the zlib format will - return a Z_DATA_ERROR). + return a Z_DATA_ERROR. If a gzip stream is being decoded, strm->adler is + a crc32 instead of an adler32. inflateInit2 returns Z_OK if success, Z_MEM_ERROR if there was not enough memory, Z_STREAM_ERROR if a parameter is invalid (such as a negative @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateBackInit_ OF((z_stream FAR *strm, int windowBits, struct internal_state {int dummy;}; /* hack for buggy compilers */ #endif -ZEXTERN const char * ZEXPORT zError OF((int err)); +ZEXTERN const char * ZEXPORT zError OF((int)); ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateSyncPoint OF((z_streamp z)); ZEXTERN const uLongf * ZEXPORT get_crc_table OF((void)); |