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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-src/docs/history.htm b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-src/docs/history.htm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7250729e877 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-src/docs/history.htm @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +<section><date>created 1.Jun.2000, last updated 25.Apr.2002 </date> +<h2> History and Links </h2> plus Installation and Contact Hints + +<!--border--> + +<section> +<h3> A Bit Of History </h3> + +<P> +You'll find <a href="http://www.gzip.org">gzip</a> using the same compression +that was written by Jean-loup <a href="http://gailly.net">Gailly</a> +for the <a href="http://www.info-zip.org">Info-Zip</a> Group +whose <a href="http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Zip.html">Zip</a> +program is compatible with msdos PKZIP program from +<a href="http://www.pkware.com">PK Ware</a>. Then, in collaboration +with <a href="http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~madler">Mark Adler</a> +he wrote the <a href="http://www.gzip.org/zlib">zlib</a> +compression library which was later standardized in the +<a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html"> +zlib RFCs</a>, namely +<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt">RFC 1950</a> +<a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/rfc-zlib.html.Z"> +zlib 3.3</a>, +<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt">RFC 1951</a> +<a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/rfc-deflate.html.Z"> +deflate 1.3</a> and +<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt">RFC 1952</a> +<a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/rfc-gzip.html"> +gzip 4.3</a>. The free algorithm can be found in lots of places +today including PPP packet compression and PNG picture compression. +</P> + +</section><section> +<h3> Installation </h3> + +<P> + The installation is from the source .tar.gz tarball does follow + the simple gnu style: type <tt>''configure && make install''</tt> + in the unpacked directory. This will actually perform the usual + sequence of <tt>''configure && make && make install''</tt>. The + use of <tt>''make rpm''</tt> will make rpms based on your system + setup, and using a decent mingw32 compiler (e.g. the crossgcc + from <a href="http://libsdl.org/Xmingw32">libsdl.org/Xmingw32</a>) + will allow you to create windows dlls using a gnu development + environment. MSVC and Borland support (Make-)files should be + easy to be derived from the <a href="Makefile.am">Makefile.am</a> +</P> + +</section><section> +<h3> Contact </h3> + +<P> + The library was developed by + <a href="mailto:guidod@gmx.de?subject=zziplib"> + Guido Draheim </a> based on the library + <a href="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/08/02/933593367.html"> + <tt>zip08x</tt> </a> + by <a href="mailto:too@iki.fi"> Tomi Ollila </a> (many thanks + for his support of the zziplib project). He has provided + a good deal of testing rounds and very helpful comments. + It may be assumed that this library supersedes + <a href="http://www.iki.fi/too/sw/zip08x.readme"> + <tt>zip08x</tt></a>, and in April 2002, he + has even given up copyright restrictions coming from zip08x + and changed the <a href="http://www.iki.fi/too/sw/zip08x.readme">zip08x</a> + readme to point to <a href="http://zziplib.sf.net">zziplib</a>. + Anyone who wants to contribute in accessing zip-archives + with the zlib-library is hereby kindly invited to send us + comments and sourcecode. +</P> + +</section><section> +<h3> Links </h3> + +<P> +The <a href="zziplib.html">zziplib library</a> must be +linked with the free <b><a href="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/">zlib</a></b> +<a href="http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib">[1]</a> +<a href="http://www.lifl.fr/PRIVATE/Manuals/gnulang/zlib">[2]</a> +<a href="http://pobox.com/~newt">[3]</a> package originally developed +by the <a href="http://www.info-zip.org">Info-Zip</a> Group +and now maintained at the <a href="http://www.gzip.org">GZip</a> Group. +As of late, the pkware appnote.txt has been revised into a whitepaper +document named +<a href="http://www.pkware.com/products/enterprise/white_papers/appnote.html"> + "APPNOTE.TXT - .ZIP File Format Specification"</a>. +Be also aware of other zzip like projects, e.g. +<a href="http://zipios.sourceforge.net">zipios++</a> that +mangles zip access into C++ iostream facilities. +</P> + +</section></section> |