First step of implementation of WL#1518 "make bundled zlib

  usable for unix builds": zlib 1.2.1 imported

1 files changed, 81 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/zlib/zlib.3 b/zlib/zlib.3
index 3a6e45047fe..890098449dd 100644
--- a/zlib/zlib.3
+++ b/zlib/zlib.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ZLIB 3 "11 March 2002"
+.TH ZLIB 3 "17 November 2003"
 .SH NAME
 zlib \- compression/decompression library
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ The code is thread safe.
 It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions,
 including integrity checks of the uncompressed data.
 This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation)
-but other algorithms will be added later and will have the same stream interface.
+but other algorithms will be added later
+and will have the same stream interface.
 .LP
 Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough
 (for example if an input file is mmap'ed),
@@ -23,66 +24,117 @@ the application must provide more input and/or consume the output
 (providing more output space) before each call.
 .LP
 The library also supports reading and writing files in
-.I gzip
+.IR gzip (1)
 (.gz) format
 with an interface similar to that of stdio.
 .LP
-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.
+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.
 .LP
 All functions of the compression library are documented in the file
-.IR zlib.h.
+.IR zlib.h .
 The distribution source includes examples of use of the library
-the files
+in the files
 .I example.c
 and
 .IR minigzip.c .
 .LP
+Changes to this version are documented in the file
+.I ChangeLog
+that accompanies the source,
+and are concerned primarily with bug fixes and portability enhancements.
+.LP
 A Java implementation of
-.IR zlib
-is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1
+.I zlib
+is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1:
 .IP
 http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html
 .LP
 A Perl interface to
 .IR zlib ,
-written by Paul Marquess (pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk)
+written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org),
 is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites,
-such as:
+including:
 .IP
-ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib*
+http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/
 .LP
 A Python interface to
-.IR zlib
-written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com>
-is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as:
+.IR zlib ,
+written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com),
+is available in Python 1.5 and later versions:
 .IP
-ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Questions about zlib should be sent to:
+http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html
+.LP
+A
+.I zlib
+binding for
+.IR tcl (1),
+written by Andreas Kupries (a.kupries@westend.com),
+is availlable at:
 .IP
-zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov
-or, if this fails, to the author addresses given below.
-The zlib home page is:
+http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html
+.LP
+An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format,
+written on top of
+.I zlib
+by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com),
+is available at:
+.IP
+http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
+and also in the
+.I contrib/minizip
+directory of the main
+.I zlib
+web site.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The
+.I zlib
+web site can be found at either of these locations:
 .IP
-http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
+http://www.zlib.org
+.br
+http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
 .LP
 The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC
-(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: 
+(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files:
 .IP
-ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format)
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (concerning zlib format)
 .br
-rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (concerning deflate format)
 .br
-rfc1952.txt (gzip format)
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (concerning gzip format)
 .LP
 These documents are also available in other formats from:
 .IP
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
+.LP
+Mark Nelson (markn@ieee.org) wrote an article about
+.I zlib
+for the Jan. 1997 issue of  Dr. Dobb's Journal;
+a copy of the article is available at:
+.IP
+http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
+.SH "REPORTING PROBLEMS"
+Before reporting a problem,
+please check the
+.I zlib
+web site to verify that you have the latest version of
+.IR zlib ;
+otherwise,
+obtain the latest version and see if the problem still exists.
+Please read the
+.I zlib
+FAQ at:
+.IP
+http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html
+.LP
+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 1.1.4
-Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
+Version 1.2.1
+Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
 and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
 .LP
 This software is provided "as-is,"