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ChangeLog file for zlib
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Changes in 1.2.3 (18 July 2005)
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- Apply security vulnerability fixes to contrib/infback9 as well
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- Clean up some text files (carriage returns, trailing space)
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- Update testzlib, vstudio, masmx64, and masmx86 in contrib [Vollant]
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Changes in 1.2.2.4 (11 July 2005)
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- Add inflatePrime() function for starting inflation at bit boundary
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- Avoid some Visual C warnings in deflate.c
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- Avoid more silly Visual C warnings in inflate.c and inftrees.c for 64-bit
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compile
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- Fix some spelling errors in comments [Betts]
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- Correct inflateInit2() error return documentation in zlib.h
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- Added zran.c example of compressed data random access to examples
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directory, shows use of inflatePrime()
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- Fix cast for assignments to strm->state in inflate.c and infback.c
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- Fix zlibCompileFlags() in zutil.c to use 1L for long shifts [Oberhumer]
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- Move declarations of gf2 functions to right place in crc32.c [Oberhumer]
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- Add cast in trees.c t avoid a warning [Oberhumer]
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- Avoid some warnings in fitblk.c, gun.c, gzjoin.c in examples [Oberhumer]
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- Update make_vms.com [Zinser]
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- Initialize state->write in inflateReset() since copied in inflate_fast()
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- Be more strict on incomplete code sets in inflate_table() and increase
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ENOUGH and MAXD -- this repairs a possible security vulnerability for
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invalid inflate input. Thanks to Tavis Ormandy and Markus Oberhumer for
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discovering the vulnerability and providing test cases.
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- Add ia64 support to configure for HP-UX [Smith]
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- Add error return to gzread() for format or i/o error [Levin]
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- Use malloc.h for OS/2 [Necasek]
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Changes in 1.2.2.3 (27 May 2005)
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- Replace 1U constants in inflate.c and inftrees.c for 64-bit compile
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- Typecast fread() return values in gzio.c [Vollant]
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- Remove trailing space in minigzip.c outmode (VC++ can't deal with it)
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- Fix crc check bug in gzread() after gzungetc() [Heiner]
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- Add the deflateTune() function to adjust internal compression parameters
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- Add a fast gzip decompressor, gun.c, to examples (use of inflateBack)
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- Remove an incorrect assertion in examples/zpipe.c
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- Add C++ wrapper in infback9.h [Donais]
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- Fix bug in inflateCopy() when decoding fixed codes
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- Note in zlib.h how much deflateSetDictionary() actually uses
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- Remove USE_DICT_HEAD in deflate.c (would mess up inflate if used)
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- Add _WIN32_WCE to define WIN32 in zconf.in.h [Spencer]
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- Don't include stderr.h or errno.h for _WIN32_WCE in zutil.h [Spencer]
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- Add gzdirect() function to indicate transparent reads
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- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant]
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- Fix compilation of deflate.c when both ASMV and FASTEST [Oberhumer]
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- Add casts in crc32.c to avoid warnings [Oberhumer]
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- Add contrib/masmx64 [Vollant]
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- Update contrib/asm586, asm686, masmx86, testzlib, vstudio [Vollant]
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Changes in 1.2.2.2 (30 December 2004)
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- Replace structure assignments in deflate.c and inflate.c with zmemcpy to
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avoid implicit memcpy calls (portability for no-library compilation)
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- Increase sprintf() buffer size in gzdopen() to allow for large numbers
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- Add INFLATE_STRICT to check distances against zlib header
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- Improve WinCE errno handling and comments [Chang]
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- Remove comment about no gzip header processing in FAQ
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- Add Z_FIXED strategy option to deflateInit2() to force fixed trees
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- Add updated make_vms.com [Coghlan], update README
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- Create a new "examples" directory, move gzappend.c there, add zpipe.c,
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fitblk.c, gzlog.[ch], gzjoin.c, and zlib_how.html.
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- Add FAQ entry and comments in deflate.c on uninitialized memory access
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- Add Solaris 9 make options in configure [Gilbert]
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- Allow strerror() usage in gzio.c for STDC
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- Fix DecompressBuf in contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas [ManChesTer]
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- Update contrib/masmx86/inffas32.asm and gvmat32.asm [Vollant]
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- Use z_off_t for adler32_combine() and crc32_combine() lengths
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- Make adler32() much faster for small len
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- Use OS_CODE in deflate() default gzip header
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Changes in 1.2.2.1 (31 October 2004)
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- Allow inflateSetDictionary() call for raw inflate
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- Fix inflate header crc check bug for file names and comments
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- Add deflateSetHeader() and gz_header structure for custom gzip headers
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- Add inflateGetheader() to retrieve gzip headers
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- Add crc32_combine() and adler32_combine() functions
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- Add alloc_func, free_func, in_func, out_func to Z_PREFIX list
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- Use zstreamp consistently in zlib.h (inflate_back functions)
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- Remove GUNZIP condition from definition of inflate_mode in inflate.h
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and in contrib/inflate86/inffast.S [Truta, Anderson]
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- Add support for AMD64 in contrib/inflate86/inffas86.c [Anderson]
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- Update projects/README.projects and projects/visualc6 [Truta]
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- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta]
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- Avoid warning under NO_GZCOMPRESS in gzio.c; fix typo [Truta]
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- Deprecate Z_ASCII; use Z_TEXT instead [Truta]
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- Use a new algorithm for setting strm->data_type in trees.c [Truta]
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- Do not define an exit() prototype in zutil.c unless DEBUG defined
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- Remove prototype of exit() from zutil.c, example.c, minigzip.c [Truta]
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- Add comment in zlib.h for Z_NO_FLUSH parameter to deflate()
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- Fix Darwin build version identification [Peterson]
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Changes in 1.2.2 (3 October 2004)
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- Update zlib.h comments on gzip in-memory processing
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- Set adler to 1 in inflateReset() to support Java test suite [Walles]
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- Add contrib/dotzlib [Ravn]
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- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta]
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- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant]
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- Move contrib/visual-basic.txt to old/ [Truta]
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- Fix assembler builds in projects/visualc6/ [Truta]
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Changes in 1.2.1.2 (9 September 2004)
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- Update INDEX file
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- Fix trees.c to update strm->data_type (no one ever noticed!)
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- Fix bug in error case in inflate.c, infback.c, and infback9.c [Brown]
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- Add "volatile" to crc table flag declaration (for DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE)
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- Add limited multitasking protection to DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE
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- Add NO_vsnprintf for VMS in zutil.h [Mozilla]
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- Don't declare strerror() under VMS [Mozilla]
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- Add comment to DYNAMIC_CRC_TABLE to use get_crc_table() to initialize
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- Update contrib/ada [Anisimkov]
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- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant]
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- Fix configure to not hardcode directories for Darwin [Peterson]
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- Fix gzio.c to not return error on empty files [Brown]
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- Fix indentation; update version in contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas and
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contrib/pascal/zlibpas.pas [Truta]
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- Update mkasm.bat in contrib/masmx86 [Truta]
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- Update contrib/untgz [Truta]
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- Add projects/README.projects [Truta]
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- Add project for MS Visual C++ 6.0 in projects/visualc6 [Cadieux, Truta]
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- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta]
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- Update list of Z_PREFIX symbols in zconf.h [Randers-Pehrson, Truta]
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- Remove an unnecessary assignment to curr in inftrees.c [Truta]
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- Add OS/2 to exe builds in configure [Poltorak]
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- Remove err dummy parameter in zlib.h [Kientzle]
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Changes in 1.2.1.1 (9 January 2004)
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- Update email address in README
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- Several FAQ updates
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- Fix a big fat bug in inftrees.c that prevented decoding valid
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dynamic blocks with only literals and no distance codes --
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Thanks to "Hot Emu" for the bug report and sample file
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- Add a note to puff.c on no distance codes case.
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Changes in 1.2.1 (17 November 2003)
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- Remove a tab in contrib/gzappend/gzappend.c
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- Update some interfaces in contrib for new zlib functions
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@ -407,7 +540,7 @@ Changes in 1.0.7 (20 Jan 1998)
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Changes in 1.0.6 (19 Jan 1998)
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- add functions gzprintf, gzputc, gzgetc, gztell, gzeof, gzseek, gzrewind and
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gzsetparams (thanks to Roland Giersig and Kevin Ruland for some of this code)
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- Fix a deflate bug occuring only with compression level 0 (thanks to
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- Fix a deflate bug occurring only with compression level 0 (thanks to
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Andy Buckler for finding this one).
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- In minigzip, pass transparently also the first byte for .Z files.
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- return Z_BUF_ERROR instead of Z_OK if output buffer full in uncompress()
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2. Where can I get a Windows DLL version?
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The zlib sources can be compiled without change to produce a DLL. If you
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want a precompiled DLL, see http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/ . Questions
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about the zlib DLL should be sent to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com).
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The zlib sources can be compiled without change to produce a DLL.
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See the file win32/DLL_FAQ.txt in the zlib distribution.
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Pointers to the precompiled DLL are found in the zlib web site at
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http://www.zlib.org.
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3. Where can I get a Visual Basic interface to zlib?
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See
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* http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/cmp-z-it.zip
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* http://www.dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
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* contrib/visual-basic.txt in the zlib distribution
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* win32/DLL_FAQ.txt in the zlib distribution
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4. compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR
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4. compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR.
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Make sure that before the call of compress, the length of the compressed
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buffer is equal to the total size of the compressed buffer and not
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zero. For Visual Basic, check that this parameter is passed by reference
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("as any"), not by value ("as long").
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5. deflate() or inflate() returns Z_BUF_ERROR
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5. deflate() or inflate() returns Z_BUF_ERROR.
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Before making the call, make sure that avail_in and avail_out are not
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zero. When setting the parameter flush equal to Z_FINISH, also make sure
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that avail_out is big enough to allow processing all pending input.
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Note that a Z_BUF_ERROR is not fatal--another call to deflate() or
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inflate() can be made with more input or output space. A Z_BUF_ERROR
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may in fact be unavoidable depending on how the functions are used, since
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it is not possible to tell whether or not there is more output pending
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when strm.avail_out returns with zero.
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6. Where's the zlib documentation (man pages, etc.)?
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It's in zlib.h for the moment, and Francis S. Lin has converted it to a
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web page zlib.html. Volunteers to transform this to Unix-style man pages,
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please contact Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org). Examples of zlib usage
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are in the files example.c and minigzip.c.
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please contact us (zlib@gzip.org). Examples of zlib usage are in the files
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example.c and minigzip.c.
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7. Why don't you use GNU autoconf or libtool or ...?
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@ -67,12 +73,12 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html
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10. I need a Delphi interface to zlib.
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See the directories contrib/delphi and contrib/delphi2 in the zlib
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distribution.
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See the contrib/delphi directory in the zlib distribution.
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11. Can zlib handle .zip archives?
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See the directory contrib/minizip in the zlib distribution.
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Not by itself, no. See the directory contrib/minizip in the zlib
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distribution.
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12. Can zlib handle .Z files?
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./configure -s
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make
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14. Why does "make test" fail on Mac OS X?
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14. How do I install a shared zlib library on Unix?
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Mac OS X already includes zlib as a shared library, and so -lz links the
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shared library instead of the one that the "make" compiled. For zlib
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1.1.3, the two are incompatible due to different compile-time
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options. Simply change the -lz in the Makefile to libz.a, and it will use
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the compiled library instead of the shared one and the "make test" will
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succeed.
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After the above, then:
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15. I have a question about OttoPDF
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make install
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However, many flavors of Unix come with a shared zlib already installed.
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Before going to the trouble of compiling a shared version of zlib and
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trying to install it, you may want to check if it's already there! If you
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can #include <zlib.h>, it's there. The -lz option will probably link to it.
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15. I have a question about OttoPDF.
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We are not the authors of OttoPDF. The real author is on the OttoPDF web
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site Joel Hainley jhainley@myndkryme.com.
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site: Joel Hainley, jhainley@myndkryme.com.
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16. Can zlib decode Flate data in an Adobe PDF file?
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Yes. See http://www.fastio.com/ (ClibPDF), or http://www.pdflib.com/ .
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To modify PDF forms, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/acroformtool/ .
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17. Why am I getting this "register_frame_info not found" error on Solaris?
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After installing zlib 1.1.4 on Solaris 2.6, running applications using zlib
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generates an error such as:
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ld.so.1: rpm: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/lib/libz.so:
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symbol __register_frame_info: referenced symbol not found
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The symbol __register_frame_info is not part of zlib, it is generated by
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the C compiler (cc or gcc). You must recompile applications using zlib
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which have this problem. This problem is specific to Solaris. See
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http://www.sunfreeware.com for Solaris versions of zlib and applications
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using zlib.
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18. Why does gzip give an error on a file I make with compress/deflate?
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The compress and deflate functions produce data in the zlib format, which
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is different and incompatible with the gzip format. The gz* functions in
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zlib on the other hand use the gzip format. Both the zlib and gzip
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formats use the same compressed data format internally, but have different
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headers and trailers around the compressed data.
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19. Ok, so why are there two different formats?
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The gzip format was designed to retain the directory information about
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a single file, such as the name and last modification date. The zlib
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format on the other hand was designed for in-memory and communication
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channel applications, and has a much more compact header and trailer and
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uses a faster integrity check than gzip.
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20. Well that's nice, but how do I make a gzip file in memory?
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You can request that deflate write the gzip format instead of the zlib
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format using deflateInit2(). You can also request that inflate decode
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the gzip format using inflateInit2(). Read zlib.h for more details.
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21. Is zlib thread-safe?
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Yes. However any library routines that zlib uses and any application-
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provided memory allocation routines must also be thread-safe. zlib's gz*
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functions use stdio library routines, and most of zlib's functions use the
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library memory allocation routines by default. zlib's Init functions allow
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for the application to provide custom memory allocation routines.
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Of course, you should only operate on any given zlib or gzip stream from a
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single thread at a time.
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22. Can I use zlib in my commercial application?
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Yes. Please read the license in zlib.h.
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23. Is zlib under the GNU license?
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No. Please read the license in zlib.h.
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24. The license says that altered source versions must be "plainly marked". So
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what exactly do I need to do to meet that requirement?
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You need to change the ZLIB_VERSION and ZLIB_VERNUM #defines in zlib.h. In
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particular, the final version number needs to be changed to "f", and an
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identification string should be appended to ZLIB_VERSION. Version numbers
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x.x.x.f are reserved for modifications to zlib by others than the zlib
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maintainers. For example, if the version of the base zlib you are altering
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is "1.2.3.4", then in zlib.h you should change ZLIB_VERNUM to 0x123f, and
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ZLIB_VERSION to something like "1.2.3.f-zachary-mods-v3". You can also
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update the version strings in deflate.c and inftrees.c.
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For altered source distributions, you should also note the origin and
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nature of the changes in zlib.h, as well as in ChangeLog and README, along
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with the dates of the alterations. The origin should include at least your
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name (or your company's name), and an email address to contact for help or
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issues with the library.
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Note that distributing a compiled zlib library along with zlib.h and
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zconf.h is also a source distribution, and so you should change
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ZLIB_VERSION and ZLIB_VERNUM and note the origin and nature of the changes
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in zlib.h as you would for a full source distribution.
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25. Will zlib work on a big-endian or little-endian architecture, and can I
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exchange compressed data between them?
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Yes and yes.
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26. Will zlib work on a 64-bit machine?
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It should. It has been tested on 64-bit machines, and has no dependence
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on any data types being limited to 32-bits in length. If you have any
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difficulties, please provide a complete problem report to zlib@gzip.org
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27. Will zlib decompress data from the PKWare Data Compression Library?
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No. The PKWare DCL uses a completely different compressed data format
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than does PKZIP and zlib. However, you can look in zlib's contrib/blast
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directory for a possible solution to your problem.
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28. Can I access data randomly in a compressed stream?
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No, not without some preparation. If when compressing you periodically
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use Z_FULL_FLUSH, carefully write all the pending data at those points,
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and keep an index of those locations, then you can start decompression
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at those points. You have to be careful to not use Z_FULL_FLUSH too
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often, since it can significantly degrade compression.
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29. Does zlib work on MVS, OS/390, CICS, etc.?
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We don't know for sure. We have heard occasional reports of success on
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these systems. If you do use it on one of these, please provide us with
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a report, instructions, and patches that we can reference when we get
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these questions. Thanks.
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30. Is there some simpler, easier to read version of inflate I can look at
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to understand the deflate format?
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First off, you should read RFC 1951. Second, yes. Look in zlib's
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contrib/puff directory.
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31. Does zlib infringe on any patents?
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As far as we know, no. In fact, that was originally the whole point behind
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zlib. Look here for some more information:
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http://www.gzip.org/#faq11
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32. Can zlib work with greater than 4 GB of data?
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Yes. inflate() and deflate() will process any amount of data correctly.
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Each call of inflate() or deflate() is limited to input and output chunks
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of the maximum value that can be stored in the compiler's "unsigned int"
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type, but there is no limit to the number of chunks. Note however that the
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strm.total_in and strm_total_out counters may be limited to 4 GB. These
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counters are provided as a convenience and are not used internally by
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inflate() or deflate(). The application can easily set up its own counters
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updated after each call of inflate() or deflate() to count beyond 4 GB.
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compress() and uncompress() may be limited to 4 GB, since they operate in a
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single call. gzseek() and gztell() may be limited to 4 GB depending on how
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zlib is compiled. See the zlibCompileFlags() function in zlib.h.
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The word "may" appears several times above since there is a 4 GB limit
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only if the compiler's "long" type is 32 bits. If the compiler's "long"
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type is 64 bits, then the limit is 16 exabytes.
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33. Does zlib have any security vulnerabilities?
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The only one that we are aware of is potentially in gzprintf(). If zlib
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is compiled to use sprintf() or vsprintf(), then there is no protection
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against a buffer overflow of a 4K string space, other than the caller of
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gzprintf() assuring that the output will not exceed 4K. On the other
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hand, if zlib is compiled to use snprintf() or vsnprintf(), which should
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normally be the case, then there is no vulnerability. The ./configure
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script will display warnings if an insecure variation of sprintf() will
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be used by gzprintf(). Also the zlibCompileFlags() function will return
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information on what variant of sprintf() is used by gzprintf().
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If you don't have snprintf() or vsnprintf() and would like one, you can
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find a portable implementation here:
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http://www.ijs.si/software/snprintf/
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Note that you should be using the most recent version of zlib. Versions
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1.1.3 and before were subject to a double-free vulnerability.
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34. Is there a Java version of zlib?
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Probably what you want is to use zlib in Java. zlib is already included
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as part of the Java SDK in the java.util.zip package. If you really want
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a version of zlib written in the Java language, look on the zlib home
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page for links: http://www.zlib.org/
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35. I get this or that compiler or source-code scanner warning when I crank it
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up to maximally-pedantic. Can't you guys write proper code?
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Many years ago, we gave up attempting to avoid warnings on every compiler
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in the universe. It just got to be a waste of time, and some compilers
|
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were downright silly. So now, we simply make sure that the code always
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works.
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36. Valgrind (or some similar memory access checker) says that deflate is
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performing a conditional jump that depends on an uninitialized value.
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Isn't that a bug?
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No. That is intentional for performance reasons, and the output of
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deflate is not affected. This only started showing up recently since
|
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zlib 1.2.x uses malloc() by default for allocations, whereas earlier
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versions used calloc(), which zeros out the allocated memory.
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37. Will zlib read the (insert any ancient or arcane format here) compressed
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data format?
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Probably not. Look in the comp.compression FAQ for pointers to various
|
||||
formats and associated software.
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38. How can I encrypt/decrypt zip files with zlib?
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|
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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 GnuPG, http://www.gnupg.org/ , which already includes zlib compression.
|
||||
For PKZIP compatible "encryption", look at http://www.info-zip.org/
|
||||
|
||||
39. 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
|
||||
with the raw deflate compressed data format. While the HTTP 1.1 RFC 2616
|
||||
correctly points to the zlib specification in RFC 1950 for the "deflate"
|
||||
transfer encoding, there have been reports of servers and browsers that
|
||||
incorrectly produce or expect raw deflate data per the deflate
|
||||
specficiation in RFC 1951, most notably Microsoft. So even though the
|
||||
"deflate" transfer encoding using the zlib format would be the more
|
||||
efficient approach (and in fact exactly what the zlib format was designed
|
||||
for), using the "gzip" transfer encoding is probably more reliable due to
|
||||
an unfortunate choice of name on the part of the HTTP 1.1 authors.
|
||||
|
||||
Bottom line: use the gzip format for HTTP 1.1 encoding.
|
||||
|
||||
40. 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.
|
||||
|
||||
41. 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.
|
||||
|
@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ algorithm.txt description of the (de)compression algorithm
|
||||
configure configure script for Unix
|
||||
zconf.in.h template for zconf.h (used by configure)
|
||||
|
||||
amiga/ makefiles for Amiga SAS C
|
||||
as400/ makefiles for IBM AS/400
|
||||
msdos/ makefiles for MSDOS
|
||||
old/ makefiles for various architectures and zlib documentation
|
||||
files that have not yet been updated for zlib 1.2.x
|
||||
projects/ projects for various Integrated Development Environments
|
||||
qnx/ makefiles for QNX
|
||||
win32/ makefiles for Windows
|
||||
|
||||
|
13
zlib/README
13
zlib/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 1.2.3 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)
|
||||
@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ 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 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.
|
||||
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.
|
||||
|
||||
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
|
||||
@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ 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 1.2.3 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
|
||||
|
||||
Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".
|
||||
|
||||
@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ 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 +92,7 @@ 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
|
||||
|
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
|
||||
.TH ZLIB 3 "17 November 2003"
|
||||
.TH ZLIB 3 "18 July 2005"
|
||||
.SH NAME
|
||||
zlib \- compression/decompression library
|
||||
.SH SYNOPSIS
|
||||
@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ before asking for help.
|
||||
Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org,
|
||||
or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com).
|
||||
.SH AUTHORS
|
||||
Version 1.2.1
|
||||
Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
|
||||
Version 1.2.3
|
||||
Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
|
||||
and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
|
||||
.LP
|
||||
This software is provided "as-is,"
|
||||
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