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| author | cvs2svn <cvs2svn@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-21 00:55:32 +0000 |
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| committer | cvs2svn <cvs2svn@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-21 00:55:32 +0000 |
| commit | 76b5366091f76c9bc73570149ef5055648fc2c39 (patch) | |
| tree | 590d020e0f2a5bea6e09d66d951a674443b21d67 /lib/libz/FAQ | |
| parent | 4b4d01da6f07f7754ff6a6e4f5223e9f0984d1a6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libz/FAQ b/lib/libz/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index 0feb6d3e9bbbe..0000000000000 --- a/lib/libz/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ - - Frequently Asked Questions about zlib - - -If your question is not there, please check the zlib home page -http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ which may have more recent information. - - -1) I need a Windows DLL -2) I need a Visual Basic interface to zlib -3) compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR -4) deflate or inflate returns Z_BUF_ERROR -5) Where is the zlib documentation (man pages, etc...)? -6) Why don't you use GNU autoconf, libtool, etc...? -7) There is a bug in zlib. -8) I get "undefined reference to gzputc" - - - -1) I need a Windows DLL - - The zlib sources can be compiled without change to produce a DLL. - If you want a precompiled DLL, see http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll - - -2) I need a Visual Basic interface to zlib - - See http://www.tcfb.com/dowseware/cmp-z-it.zip - http://web2.airmail.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm - and contrib/visual-basic.txt - -3) compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR - - Make sure that before the call of compress, the length of the - compressed buffer is equal to the total size of the compressed buffer - and not zero. For Visual Basic, check that this parameter is passed - by reference ("as any"), not by value ("as long"). - - -4) deflate or inflate returns Z_BUF_ERROR - - Make sure that before the call avail_in and avail_out are not zero. - - -5) Where is the zlib documentation (man pages, etc...)? - - It's in zlib.h for the moment. Volunteers to transform this - to man pages, please contact jloup@gzip.org. Examples of zlib usage - are in the files example.c and minigzip.c. - - -6) Why don't you use GNU autoconf, libtool, etc...? - - Because we would like to keep zlib as a very small and simple package. - zlib is rather portable and doesn't need much configuration. - - -7) There is a bug in zlib. - - Most of the time, such problems are due to an incorrect usage - of zlib. Please try to reproduce the problem with a small - program and send us the corresponding source at zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov - Do not send multi-megabyte data files without prior agreement. - - -8) I get "undefined reference to gzputc" - - If "make test" produces something like - example.o(.text+0x174): - check that you don't have old files libz.* in /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib - or /usr/X11R6/lib. Remove old versions then do "make install". - |