ChangeLog file for zlib

Changes in 1.2.3 (18 July 2005)
- Apply security vulnerability fixes to contrib/infback9 as well
- Clean up some text files (carriage returns, trailing space)
- Update testzlib, vstudio, masmx64, and masmx86 in contrib [Vollant]

Changes in 1.2.2.4 (11 July 2005)
- Add inflatePrime() function for starting inflation at bit boundary
- Avoid some Visual C warnings in deflate.c
- Avoid more silly Visual C warnings in inflate.c and inftrees.c for 64-bit
  compile
- Fix some spelling errors in comments [Betts]
- Correct inflateInit2() error return documentation in zlib.h
- Added zran.c example of compressed data random access to examples
  directory, shows use of inflatePrime()
- Fix cast for assignments to strm->state in inflate.c and infback.c
- Fix zlibCompileFlags() in zutil.c to use 1L for long shifts [Oberhumer]
- Move declarations of gf2 functions to right place in crc32.c [Oberhumer]
- Add cast in trees.c t avoid a warning [Oberhumer]
- Avoid some warnings in fitblk.c, gun.c, gzjoin.c in examples [Oberhumer]
- Update make_vms.com [Zinser]
- Initialize state->write in inflateReset() since copied in inflate_fast()
- Be more strict on incomplete code sets in inflate_table() and increase
  ENOUGH and MAXD -- this repairs a possible security vulnerability for
  invalid inflate input.  Thanks to Tavis Ormandy and Markus Oberhumer for
  discovering the vulnerability and providing test cases.
- Add ia64 support to configure for HP-UX [Smith]
- Add error return to gzread() for format or i/o error [Levin]
- Use malloc.h for OS/2 [Necasek]

Changes in 1.2.2.3 (27 May 2005)
- Replace 1U constants in inflate.c and inftrees.c for 64-bit compile
- Typecast fread() return values in gzio.c [Vollant]
- Remove trailing space in minigzip.c outmode (VC++ can't deal with it)
- Fix crc check bug in gzread() after gzungetc() [Heiner]
- Add the deflateTune() function to adjust internal compression parameters
- Add a fast gzip decompressor, gun.c, to examples (use of inflateBack)
- Remove an incorrect assertion in examples/zpipe.c
- Add C++ wrapper in infback9.h [Donais]
- Fix bug in inflateCopy() when decoding fixed codes
- Note in zlib.h how much deflateSetDictionary() actually uses
- Remove USE_DICT_HEAD in deflate.c (would mess up inflate if used)
- Add _WIN32_WCE to define WIN32 in zconf.in.h [Spencer]
- Don't include stderr.h or errno.h for _WIN32_WCE in zutil.h [Spencer]
- Add gzdirect() function to indicate transparent reads
- Update contrib/minizip [Vollant]
- Fix compilation of deflate.c when both ASMV and FASTEST [Oberhumer]
- Add casts in crc32.c to avoid warnings [Oberhumer]
- Add contrib/masmx64 [Vollant]
- Update contrib/asm586, asm686, masmx86, testzlib, vstudio [Vollant]

Changes in 1.2.2.2 (30 December 2004)
- Replace structure assignments in deflate.c and inflate.c with zmemcpy to
  avoid implicit memcpy calls (portability for no-library compilation)
- Increase sprintf() buffer size in gzdopen() to allow for large numbers
- Add INFLATE_STRICT to check distances against zlib header
- Improve WinCE errno handling and comments [Chang]
- Remove comment about no gzip header processing in FAQ
- Add Z_FIXED strategy option to deflateInit2() to force fixed trees
- Add updated make_vms.com [Coghlan], update README
- Create a new "examples" directory, move gzappend.c there, add zpipe.c,
  fitblk.c, gzlog.[ch], gzjoin.c, and zlib_how.html.
- Add FAQ entry and comments in deflate.c on uninitialized memory access
- Add Solaris 9 make options in configure [Gilbert]
- Allow strerror() usage in gzio.c for STDC
- Fix DecompressBuf in contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas [ManChesTer]
- Update contrib/masmx86/inffas32.asm and gvmat32.asm [Vollant]
- Use z_off_t for adler32_combine() and crc32_combine() lengths
- Make adler32() much faster for small len
- Use OS_CODE in deflate() default gzip header

Changes in 1.2.2.1 (31 October 2004)
- Allow inflateSetDictionary() call for raw inflate
- Fix inflate header crc check bug for file names and comments
- Add deflateSetHeader() and gz_header structure for custom gzip headers
- Add inflateGetheader() to retrieve gzip headers
- Add crc32_combine() and adler32_combine() functions
- Add alloc_func, free_func, in_func, out_func to Z_PREFIX list
- Use zstreamp consistently in zlib.h (inflate_back functions)
- Remove GUNZIP condition from definition of inflate_mode in inflate.h
  and in contrib/inflate86/inffast.S [Truta, Anderson]
- Add support for AMD64 in contrib/inflate86/inffas86.c [Anderson]
- Update projects/README.projects and projects/visualc6 [Truta]
- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta]
- Avoid warning under NO_GZCOMPRESS in gzio.c; fix typo [Truta]
- Deprecate Z_ASCII; use Z_TEXT instead [Truta]
- Use a new algorithm for setting strm->data_type in trees.c [Truta]
- Do not define an exit() prototype in zutil.c unless DEBUG defined
- Remove prototype of exit() from zutil.c, example.c, minigzip.c [Truta]
- Add comment in zlib.h for Z_NO_FLUSH parameter to deflate()
- Fix Darwin build version identification [Peterson]

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
- Update zlib version number in some contrib entries
- Add Windows CE definition for ptrdiff_t in zutil.h [Mai, Truta]
- Support shared libraries on Hurd and KFreeBSD [Brown]
- Fix error in NO_DIVIDE option of adler32.c

Changes in 1.2.0.8 (4 November 2003)
- Update version in contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas and contrib/pascal/zlibpas.pas
- Add experimental NO_DIVIDE #define in adler32.c
    - Possibly faster on some processors (let me know if it is)
- Correct Z_BLOCK to not return on first inflate call if no wrap
- Fix strm->data_type on inflate() return to correctly indicate EOB
- Add deflatePrime() function for appending in the middle of a byte
- Add contrib/gzappend for an example of appending to a stream
- Update win32/DLL_FAQ.txt [Truta]
- Delete Turbo C comment in README [Truta]
- Improve some indentation in zconf.h [Truta]
- Fix infinite loop on bad input in configure script [Church]
- Fix gzeof() for concatenated gzip files [Johnson]
- Add example to contrib/visual-basic.txt [Michael B.]
- Add -p to mkdir's in Makefile.in [vda]
- Fix configure to properly detect presence or lack of printf functions
- Add AS400 support [Monnerat]
- Add a little Cygwin support [Wilson]

Changes in 1.2.0.7 (21 September 2003)
- Correct some debug formats in contrib/infback9
- Cast a type in a debug statement in trees.c
- Change search and replace delimiter in configure from % to # [Beebe]
- Update contrib/untgz to 0.2 with various fixes [Truta]
- Add build support for Amiga [Nikl]
- Remove some directories in old that have been updated to 1.2
- Add dylib building for Mac OS X in configure and Makefile.in
- Remove old distribution stuff from Makefile
- Update README to point to DLL_FAQ.txt, and add comment on Mac OS X
- Update links in README

Changes in 1.2.0.6 (13 September 2003)
- Minor FAQ updates
- Update contrib/minizip to 1.00 [Vollant]
- Remove test of gz functions in example.c when GZ_COMPRESS defined [Truta]
- Update POSTINC comment for 68060 [Nikl]
- Add contrib/infback9 with deflate64 decoding (unsupported)
- For MVS define NO_vsnprintf and undefine FAR [van Burik]
- Add pragma for fdopen on MVS [van Burik]

Changes in 1.2.0.5 (8 September 2003)
- Add OF to inflateBackEnd() declaration in zlib.h
- Remember start when using gzdopen in the middle of a file
- Use internal off_t counters in gz* functions to properly handle seeks
- Perform more rigorous check for distance-too-far in inffast.c
- Add Z_BLOCK flush option to return from inflate at block boundary
- Set strm->data_type on return from inflate
    - Indicate bits unused, if at block boundary, and if in last block
- Replace size_t with ptrdiff_t in crc32.c, and check for correct size
- Add condition so old NO_DEFLATE define still works for compatibility
- FAQ update regarding the Windows DLL [Truta]
- INDEX update: add qnx entry, remove aix entry [Truta]
- Install zlib.3 into mandir [Wilson]
- Move contrib/zlib_dll_FAQ.txt to win32/DLL_FAQ.txt; update [Truta]
- Adapt the zlib interface to the new DLL convention guidelines [Truta]
- Introduce ZLIB_WINAPI macro to allow the export of functions using
  the WINAPI calling convention, for Visual Basic [Vollant, Truta]
- Update msdos and win32 scripts and makefiles [Truta]
- Export symbols by name, not by ordinal, in win32/zlib.def [Truta]
- Add contrib/ada [Anisimkov]
- Move asm files from contrib/vstudio/vc70_32 to contrib/asm386 [Truta]
- Rename contrib/asm386 to contrib/masmx86 [Truta, Vollant]
- Add contrib/masm686 [Truta]
- Fix offsets in contrib/inflate86 and contrib/masmx86/inffas32.asm
  [Truta, Vollant]
- Update contrib/delphi; rename to contrib/pascal; add example [Truta]
- Remove contrib/delphi2; add a new contrib/delphi [Truta]
- Avoid inclusion of the nonstandard <memory.h> in contrib/iostream,
  and fix some method prototypes [Truta]
- Fix the ZCR_SEED2 constant to avoid warnings in contrib/minizip
  [Truta]
- Avoid the use of backslash (\) in contrib/minizip [Vollant]
- Fix file time handling in contrib/untgz; update makefiles [Truta]
- Update contrib/vstudio/vc70_32 to comply with the new DLL guidelines
  [Vollant]
- Remove contrib/vstudio/vc15_16 [Vollant]
- Rename contrib/vstudio/vc70_32 to contrib/vstudio/vc7 [Truta]
- Update README.contrib [Truta]
- Invert the assignment order of match_head and s->prev[...] in
  INSERT_STRING [Truta]
- Compare TOO_FAR with 32767 instead of 32768, to avoid 16-bit warnings
  [Truta]
- Compare function pointers with 0, not with NULL or Z_NULL [Truta]
- Fix prototype of syncsearch in inflate.c [Truta]
- Introduce ASMINF macro to be enabled when using an ASM implementation
  of inflate_fast [Truta]
- Change NO_DEFLATE to NO_GZCOMPRESS [Truta]
- Modify test_gzio in example.c to take a single file name as a
  parameter [Truta]
- Exit the example.c program if gzopen fails [Truta]
- Add type casts around strlen in example.c [Truta]
- Remove casting to sizeof in minigzip.c; give a proper type
  to the variable compared with SUFFIX_LEN [Truta]
- Update definitions of STDC and STDC99 in zconf.h [Truta]
- Synchronize zconf.h with the new Windows DLL interface [Truta]
- Use SYS16BIT instead of __32BIT__ to distinguish between
  16- and 32-bit platforms [Truta]
- Use far memory allocators in small 16-bit memory models for
  Turbo C [Truta]
- Add info about the use of ASMV, ASMINF and ZLIB_WINAPI in
  zlibCompileFlags [Truta]
- Cygwin has vsnprintf [Wilson]
- In Windows16, OS_CODE is 0, as in MSDOS [Truta]
- In Cygwin, OS_CODE is 3 (Unix), not 11 (Windows32) [Wilson]

Changes in 1.2.0.4 (10 August 2003)
- Minor FAQ updates
- Be more strict when checking inflateInit2's windowBits parameter
- Change NO_GUNZIP compile option to NO_GZIP to cover deflate as well
- Add gzip wrapper option to deflateInit2 using windowBits
- Add updated QNX rule in configure and qnx directory [Bonnefoy]
- Make inflate distance-too-far checks more rigorous
- Clean up FAR usage in inflate
- Add casting to sizeof() in gzio.c and minigzip.c

Changes in 1.2.0.3 (19 July 2003)
- Fix silly error in gzungetc() implementation [Vollant]
- Update contrib/minizip and contrib/vstudio [Vollant]
- Fix printf format in example.c
- Correct cdecl support in zconf.in.h [Anisimkov]
- Minor FAQ updates

Changes in 1.2.0.2 (13 July 2003)
- Add ZLIB_VERNUM in zlib.h for numerical preprocessor comparisons
- Attempt to avoid warnings in crc32.c for pointer-int conversion
- Add AIX to configure, remove aix directory [Bakker]
- Add some casts to minigzip.c
- Improve checking after insecure sprintf() or vsprintf() calls
- Remove #elif's from crc32.c
- Change leave label to inf_leave in inflate.c and infback.c to avoid
  library conflicts
- Remove inflate gzip decoding by default--only enable gzip decoding by
  special request for stricter backward compatibility
- Add zlibCompileFlags() function to return compilation information
- More typecasting in deflate.c to avoid warnings
- Remove leading underscore from _Capital #defines [Truta]
- Fix configure to link shared library when testing
- Add some Windows CE target adjustments [Mai]
- Remove #define ZLIB_DLL in zconf.h [Vollant]
- Add zlib.3 [Rodgers]
- Update RFC URL in deflate.c and algorithm.txt [Mai]
- Add zlib_dll_FAQ.txt to contrib [Truta]