4 2.000_05 4 October 2005
6 * Renamed IO::* to IO::Compress::* & IO::Uncompress::*
8 2.000_04 23 September 2005
10 * Fixed some more non-portable test that were failing on VMS.
12 * fixed problem where error messages in the oneshot interface were
15 2.000_03 12 September 2005
17 * Fixed some non-portable test that were failing on VMS.
19 * Fixed export of zlib constants from the IO::* classes
21 2.000_02 6 September 2005
23 * Split Append mode into Append and Merge
25 * Fixed typos in the documentation.
29 * Added libscan to Makefile.PL
31 * Added InputLength for IO::Gunzip et al
33 2.000_01 22 August 2005
35 * Fixed VERSION in Compress::Gzip::Constants
37 * Removed Compress::Gzip::Info from the distribution.
39 2.000_00 21 August 2005
41 * First Beta relase of Compress::zlib rewrite.
43 1.38 - 6 September 2005
45 * Integrate core change 25304 -- Symbian Update
47 * Added libscan to Makefile.PL
51 * Change to t/03examples.t for VMS from Abe Timmerman
55 * Renamed zlib-src-1.2.3 to zlib-src to help VMS
57 * Fixed Makefile.PL for VMS
59 * Fixed t/03examples.t for VMS
61 * Added a couple of notes about incompatibility with Unix compress.
65 * Updated zlib source to 1.2.3
67 * Fixed problem with where two calls to gzclose would hang the debugger.
68 See https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13789
70 * Added code from Alexey Tourbin to use XSLoader when available,
71 and DynaLoader otherwise.
73 * Documented that the compress & uncompress functions were not
74 the same as the Unix utilities of the same name.
76 * Fixed 05gzsetp -- it left a temp file hanging around.
78 * Integrate core change 24787 - SvUPGRADE returns void in blead
80 * Integrate core change 24788 - Makefile.PL adjustments for the core
83 1.34 - 30 January 2005
85 * Fixed typo in the README
87 * Fixed examples.t on Win32 where paths have embedded whitespace.
89 * Fix for Cygwin and core integration from Jos I. Boumans
91 * Upgrade zlib source to 1.2.2
93 1.33 - 14 January 2004
95 * Reworked Makefile.PL to avoid creating a private copy of zlib.
96 This both simplifies the build, plus it makes life easier for VMS.
98 * Patches for Makefile.PL to get it to work on VMS supplied by
101 * memGunzip has very slow on FreeBSD. Turns out to be down to
102 the way realloc works on FreeBSD. Changed both inflate & deflate
103 to use exponentially increasing buffer sizes when they need to
104 realloc. Thanks to Peter Jeremy for the lowdown on FreeBSD
107 1.32 - 26 November 2003
109 * Steve Hay reported a problem on rt.cpan.org with Windows and
110 MSCV++ 6.0 where the source from the zlib directory was getting
111 installed with the rest of the module.
112 https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1741
114 This has been fixed by renaming the "zlib" directory to "zlib-src"
115 thus avoiding a conflict with the name of this Perl module.
117 * Fixed a bug in the inflate method where the input buffer is an
118 lvalue (via substr). Problem & solution reported by Salvador Fandiqo.
120 * Tightened up the logic in Makefile.PL when BUILD_ZLIB is
121 True. Issue spotted by Ralf S. Engelschall.
123 1.31 - 29 October 2003
125 * Reinstated the creation of .bak files - $^I seems to need a
126 backup file on Windows. For OpenVMS, the extenstion _bak is used.
128 1.30 - 28 October 2003
130 * Bundled a sub-set of the zlib source with the module and changed
131 the default make behaviour to build with the included zlib source.
132 The previous behaviour of using a pre-built zlib library is
133 still available for those that want it.
135 * Added prototypes to the subs in Zlib.pm that didn't already have
136 them. Patch from Ed Avis.
138 * No .bak files are created by Makefile.PL any more - this keep
139 distclean much happier. Patch suggested by Ed Avis.
140 This also fixes a similar problem reported by Dr. Martin Zinser
143 * Documentation for some of the gz functions updated.
145 * Format strings modified in DispStream to keep OpenVMS happy.
146 Problem reported by Dr. Martin Zinser.
151 * Makefile.PL now displays a warning about not installing
152 Compress::Zlib via the CPAN shell.
154 * Fix to allow intermingling of gzread & gzreadline - patch
155 supplied by Doug Perham.
157 * memGunzip will silently now work if the gzip trailer is
158 missing. Some HTTP Origin Servers seem to leave it out.
162 * Tests 148 & 150 from t/02zlib.t were failing on redhat 9.
164 * Added a few words about the problems with Mac OS X to the README file.
168 * Fixed bug in gzopen where $gzerrno wasn't being set correctly.
169 The symptom was $gzerrno was set to Z_MEM_ERROR although the file
170 was opened ok. If gzopen failed, $gzerrno was being set correctly.
171 This problem wasn't spotted before because the typical test
172 to determine whether gzopen passed or failed was to check its
175 1.19 - 31 October 2002
177 * fixed a problem with t/02zlib.t that was failing with redhat 8.
179 1.18 - 24 October 2002
181 * fixed a Win32 problem in t/02zlib.t by changing sysread to read.
183 * zlib 1.0.5 & older doesn't have gzsetparams & gzeof. Added a new
184 variable to config.in to flag an old version of zlib. Split
185 out the tests for gzsetparams into t/05gzsetp.t
189 * Moved the test to check the versions of libz & zlib.h into a separate
190 file and added troubleshooting notes to README.
192 * In gzopen, only attempt to call "tell" for normal files.
194 * Fixed to work in taint mode.
196 * Broke changes out of README into Changes file.
198 * Replaced internal use of Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH symbol with Z_SYNC_FLUSH.
199 zlib.h says /* will be removed, use Z_SYNC_FLUSH instead */
201 1.16 - 13 December 2001
203 * Fixed bug in Makefile.PL that stopped "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=..."
206 1.15 - 4th December 2001
208 * Changes a few types to get the module to build on 64-bit Solaris
210 * Changed the up/downgrade logic to default to the older constructs, and
211 to only call a downgrade if specifically requested. Some older versions
212 of Perl were having problems with the in-place edit.
214 * added the new XS constant code.
216 1.14 - 27th August 2001
218 * Memory overwrite bug fixed in "inflate". Kudos to Rob Simons for
219 reporting the bug and to Anton Berezin for fixing it for me.
221 1.13 - 31st June 2001
223 * Make sure config.in is consistant when released.
225 1.12 - 28th April 2001
227 * Modified Makefile.PL to only enable the warnings pragma if
228 using perl 5.6.1 or better.
230 1.11 - 17th February 2001
232 * Added logic in Makefile.PL to toggle between using $^W and
233 the warnings pragma in the module.
235 * The module, the examples & the test harness are now all strict
238 1.10 - 5th February 2001
240 * fixed a bug in memGunzip. Used Z_ERR instead of Z_DATA_ERROR.
242 1.09 - 15th January 2001
244 * Silenced a few compiler warnings.
246 * Updated zlib home site in README & Zlib.pm to www.info-zip.org
248 * Minor typo in Zlib.pm - a link used AUTHORS instead of AUTHOR
249 -- spotted by Frank Martini.
251 * Mention Archive::Zip
253 * added memGunzip. This is largely based on code provided by Jim Leonard.
255 * $deflate->flush can now take an optional parameter. Valid
256 values are Z_NO_FLUSH, Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH, Z_SYNC_FLUSH, Z_FULL_FLUSH
257 and Z_FINISH. The default is Z_FINISH.
261 * uncompress was clobbering its input parameter. Now it doesn't.
262 This bug was spotted by Deven T. Corzine.
264 * If a variable that only ever contained a number was given
265 to compress or deflate, it would not be compressed properly. Now
266 it will be coerced to a string and then compressed. This bug
267 was spotted by Deven T. Corzine.
271 * ANSI-ified the static functions in Zlib.xs
273 * Added the ability to build zlib along with the module.
274 This feature is 90% based on a Makefile provided by Gurusamy
279 * Fixed a nasty problem where inflate could truncate the data
280 returned. Thanks to Douglas Thomson <dougt@mugc.cc.monash.edu.au>
281 for both spotting the problem and fixing the bug.
283 * Added a note about the undocumented features in zlib that are
284 required when accessing zip files.
286 * gzclose will now get called automatically when the gzip object is
291 * Previous release used newSVpvn, which doesn't exist in 5.004_04
292 or earlier. Changed to use newSVpv instead.
294 * The module needs Perl 5.004 or better, so updated the version
295 checking in Zlib.pm and Makefile.PL
299 * Bug 19990527.001: compress(undef) core dumps -- Fixed.
303 * Updated to use the new PL_ symbols.
304 Means the module can be built with Perl 5.005_5*
308 * The return codes for gzread, gzreadline and gzwrite were
309 documented incorrectly as returning a status code.
311 * The test harness was missing a "gzclose". This caused problem
312 showed up on an amiga. Thanks to Erik van Roode for reporting
315 * Patched zlib.t for OS/2. Thanks to Ilya Zakharevich for the patch.
319 * A number of fixes to the test suite and the example scripts to
320 allow them to work under win32. All courtesy of Gurusamy
325 * Fixed crc32 & adler32. They were very broken.
327 * The following functions can now take a scalar reference in
328 place of a scalar for their buffer parameters:
337 This should mean applications that make use of the module don't
338 have to copy large buffers around.
341 * Normally the inflate method consumes I<all> of the input buffer
342 before returning. The exception to this is when inflate detects
343 the end of the stream (Z_STREAM_END). In this case the input
344 buffer need not be completely consumed. To allow processing of
345 file formats that embed a deflation stream (e.g. zip, gzip),
346 the inflate method now sets the buffer parameter to be what
347 remains after inflation.
349 When the return status is Z_STREAM_END, it will be what remains
350 of the buffer (if any) after deflation. When the status is Z_OK
351 it will be an empty string.
353 This change means that the buffer parameter must be a lvalue.
355 * Fixed crc32 and adler32. They were both very broken.
357 * Added the Compress::Zlib::memGzip function.
359 0.5 - Confirmed that no changes were necessary for zlib 1.0.3, or 1.0.4.
361 The optional parameters for deflateInit and inflateInit can now
362 be specified as an associative array in addition to a reference
363 to an associative array. They can also accept the -Name
366 gzopen can now optionally take a reference to an open
367 filehandle in place of a filename. In this case it will call
370 Added gzstream example script.
372 0.4 - Upgrade to support zlib 0.99
374 Added dictionary interface.
376 Fixed bug in gzreadline - previously it would keep returning
377 the same buffer. This bug was reported by Helmut Jarausch
379 Removed dependency to zutil.h and so dropped support for
381 DEF_MEM_LEVEL (use MAX_MEM_LEVEL instead)
382 DEF_WBITS (use MAX_WBITS instead)
384 0.3 - Added prototype specification.
386 0.2 - Fixed a minor allocation problem in Zlib.xs
388 0.1 - first alpha release. 2nd October 1995