8324632: Update Zlib Data Compression Library to Version 1.3.1 · openjdk/jdk8u-dev@0357abb (original) (raw)
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`ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
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zlib 1.2.13 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
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zlib 1.3.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
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`thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
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`(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
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`http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and
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`Mark Nelson markn@ieee.org wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
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`issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at
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http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ .
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https://marknelson.us/posts/1997/01/01/zlib-engine.html .
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The changes made in version 1.2.13 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
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The changes made in version 1.3.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
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`Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory contrib/ .
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zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package, documented at
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zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package. Follow the API
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Documentation link at: https://docs.oracle.com/search/?q=java.util.zip .
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A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org is available
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A Perl interface to zlib and bzip2 written by Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org
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can be found at https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress .
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`A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling amk@amk.ca is
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`available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see
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`- zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1 it works
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- On Digital Unix 4.0D (formerly OSF/1) on AlphaServer, the cc option -std1 is
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` necessary to get gzprintf working correctly. This is done by configure.
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`- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works with
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`Copyright notice:
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(C) 1995-2022 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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(C) 1995-2024 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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` This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
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` warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
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