zlib - Compression library HOWTO

ChangeLog


2024-02-09	- 1.3 -> 1.3.1
		- Added Wikipedia link
2023-10-03	- 1.2.12 -> 1.3
2022-04-21	- 1.2.11 -> 1.2.12
		- http://www.zlib.net/ ->
		  https://zlib.net/
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.2, 15.0,
		  removed older than 14.0
2019-01-02	- 1.2.8 -> 1.2.11
		- md5sum -> sha256sum, added GPG sig
		- Added ChangeLog link
		- Added zlib repository link
2014-04-25	- 1.2.7 -> 1.2.8
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.0 and 14.1, removed older
		  than 13.0
2012-05-07	- 1.2.6 -> 1.2.7
2012-02-23	- 1.2.5 -> 1.2.6
		- Removed the second version
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.37
2010-08-04	- 1.2.3 -> 1.2.5
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, and
		  13.1, removed everything older
		- Removed 1.1.4
Jul 22, 2005	- 1.2.2 -> 1.2.3 (fixes potential security vulnerabilities)
Jun 26, 2005	- Removed the make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils
		  links
		- Updated the Slackware note for 10.1
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Rearrange options to shut up new version of find
		- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
Nov 16, 2004	- Changed home page link from http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
		  (which is the same as www.zlib.org AFAIK) to
		  http://www.zlib.net/, which is the current version
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
		- 1.2.1 -> 1.2.2
		  Eliminates a potential security vulnerability:
		  <a href="http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678">http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678</a>
		- Updated notes about apps that are linked to zlib's shared
		  and static library
		- Replaced note about cleaning up the
		  /var/adm/packages/*elflibs* file with a blurb that'll do it
		  for you (if libz is in there)
		- Replaced links to textutils with links to coreutils
Jan 26, 2004	- Added zlib 1.2.1, leaving 1.1.4 at the bottom for now
		- Remove old /usr/lib/libz.so.* files, not /usr/lib/libz.*
		  files (including libz.a - oops) (the first item was noted
		  earlier today, this one refers to a change I made in it)
Sep 24, 2003	- Moved 'removepkg zlib' further up, after the first run
		  of make (the one that creates the static lib), otherwise
		  removepkg will remove the static library and wouldn't
		  get reinstalled.  This would've broken things like
		  modutils building with zlib support.  (unless you went
		  through the howto twice, then it would fix itself)
Sep 12, 2003	- Note about removing libz.* from elflibs file
Sep 11, 2003	- Create ~/installed with mode 700 (in both places)
		- Minor change to the part that applies the patch, including
		  not re-downloading it (wget -nc) if applying it fails
Jul 26, 2003	- Added a patch from the zlib site
		- Added a note/link to the list of apps that use it
Mar 25, 2003	- Modernized the howto: home page link, removal of old
		  versions, reusing of existing tarball, etc.
		- Added verification of tarball w/ md5sum
Jun 25, 2002	- First entry

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