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name lib-zlib
category TLCore
shortdesc The Zlib library package.
longdesc A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library.
longdesc Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally
longdesc unencumbered -- that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless
longdesc data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
longdesc hardware and operating system. The zlib data format is itself
longdesc portable across platforms. Unlike the LZW compression method used
longdesc in Unix compress(1) and in the GIF image format, the compression
longdesc method currently used in zlib essentially never expands the data.
longdesc (LZW can double or triple the file size in extreme cases.) zlib's
longdesc memory footprint is also independent of the input data and can be
longdesc reduced, if necessary, at some cost in compression.
docpattern f texmf/doc/man/man3/zlib.3
docpattern f texmf/doc/man/man3/zlib.3.html
binpattern f bin/win32/tl90zlib.dll