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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f178fe7 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,266 @@ +2024-01-20 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.14 released. + * minilzip.c: Reformat file diagnostics as 'PROGRAM: FILE: MESSAGE'. + (show_option_error): New function showing argument and option name. + (main): Make -o preserve date/mode/owner if 1 input file. + * lzip.h: Rename verify_* to check_*. + * lzlib.texi: Document the need to declare uint8_t before lzlib.h. + (Reported by Michal Górny). + * configure, Makefile.in: New variable 'MAKEINFO'. + * INSTALL: Document use of CFLAGS+='--std=c99 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500'. + +2022-01-23 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.13 released. + * configure: Set variables AR and ARFLAGS. (Reported by Hoël Bézier). + * main.c: Rename to minilzip.c. + * minilzip.c (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error. + (check_lib): Check that LZ_API_VERSION and LZ_version_string match. + * Improve several descriptions in manual, '--help', and man page. + * lzlib.texi: Change GNU Texinfo category to 'Compression'. + (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt). + +2021-01-02 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.12 released. + * lzlib.h: Define LZ_API_VERSION as 1000 * major + minor. 1.12 = 1012. + This change does not affect the soversion. + * lzlib.h, lzlib.c: New function LZ_api_version. + * LZd_try_verify_trailer: Return 2 if EOF at trailer or EOS marker. + * Decompression speed has been slightly increased. + * decoder.h: Increase 'rd_min_available_bytes' from 8 to 10. + * encoder_base.c (LZeb_try_sync_flush): + Compensate for the increase in 'rd_min_available_bytes'. + * main.c (do_decompress): Fix false report about library stall. + * main.c: New option '--check-lib'. + * main.c (main): Report an error if a file name is empty. + Make '-o' behave like '-c', but writing to file instead of stdout. + Make '-c' and '-o' check whether the output is a terminal only once. + Do not open output if input is a terminal. + Replace 'decompressed', 'compressed' with 'out', 'in' in output. + Set a valid invocation_name even if argc == 0. + * lzlib.texi: Document the new way of checking the library version. + Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_close' and 'LZ_(de)compress_errno' + can be called with a null argument. + Document that sync flush marker is not allowed in lzip files. + Document the consequences of not calling 'LZ_decompress_finish'. + Document that 'LZ_decompress_read' returns at least once per member. + Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_read' can be called with a null + buffer pointer argument. + Real code examples for common uses have been added to the tutorial. + * bbexample.c: Don't use 'LZ_(de)compress_write_size'. + * lzcheck.c: New options '-s' (sync) and '-m' (member by member). + Test member by member without 'LZ_decompress_finish'. + * ffexample.c: New file containing example functions for file-to-file + compression/decompression. + * Document extraction from tar.lz in '--help' output and man page. + * Makefile.in: 'install-bin' no longer installs the man page. + New targets 'install-bin-compress' and 'install-bin-strip-compress'. + * testsuite: Add 9 new test files. + +2019-01-02 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.11 released. + * Rename File_* to Lzip_*. + * LZ_decompress_read: Don't return error until all data is read. + * decoder.c (LZd_decode_member): Decode truncated data until EOF. + * cbuffer.c (Cb_read_data): Allow a null buffer pointer. + * main.c: Don't allow mixing different operations (-d and -t). + * main.c: Check return value of close( infd ). + * main.c: Compile on DOS with DJGPP. + * lzlib.texi: Improve descriptions of '-0..-9', '-m', and '-s'. + Document that 'LZ_(de)compress_finish' can be called repeatedly. + * configure: Accept appending to CFLAGS; 'CFLAGS+=OPTIONS'. + * Makefile.in: Rename targets 'install-bin*' to 'install-lib*'. + * Makefile.in: Targets 'install-bin*' now install minilzip. + * INSTALL: Document use of CFLAGS+='-D __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO'. + +2018-02-07 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.10 released. + * LZ_compress_finish now adjusts dictionary size for each member. + (Older versions can adjust dictionary size only once). + * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_read): Detect corrupt header with HD=3. + * main.c: New option '--loose-trailing'. + * main.c (main): Option '-S, --volume-size' now keeps input files. + * main.c: Replace 'bits/byte' with inverse compression ratio. + * main.c: Show final diagnostic when testing multiple files. + * main.c: Do not add a second .lz extension to the arg of -o. + * main.c: Show dictionary size at verbosity level 4 (-vvvv). + * lzlib.texi: New chapter 'Invoking minilzip'. + +2017-04-11 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.9 released. + * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 3%. + * Compression time of options -1 to -9 has been reduced by 1%. + * Decompression time has been reduced by 3%. + * main.c: Continue testing if any input file is a terminal. + * Change the license of the library to "2-clause BSD". + +2016-05-17 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.8 released. + * lzlib.h: Define LZ_API_VERSION to 1. + * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_sync_to_member): Add skipped size to in_size. + * decoder.c (LZd_verify_trailer): Remove test of final code. + * main.c: New option '-a, --trailing-error'. + * main.c (main): Delete '--output' file if infd is a terminal. + * main.c (main): Don't use stdin more than once. + * configure: Avoid warning on some shells when testing for gcc. + * Makefile.in: Detect the existence of install-info. + * check.sh: A POSIX shell is required to run the tests. + * check.sh: Don't check error messages. + +2015-07-08 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.7 released. + * Port fast encoder and option '-0' from lzip. + * If open-->write-->finish, produce same dictionary size as lzip. + * Makefile.in: New targets 'install*-compress'. + +2014-08-27 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.6 released. + * Compression ratio of option '-9' has been slightly increased. + * configure: New options '--disable-static' and '--disable-ldconfig'. + * Makefile.in: Ignore errors from ldconfig. + * Makefile.in: Use 'CFLAGS' in every invocation of 'CC'. + * main.c (close_and_set_permissions): Behave like 'cp -p'. + * lzlib.texinfo: Rename to lzlib.texi. + * Change license to "GPL version 2 or later with link exception". + +2013-09-15 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.5 released. + * Remove decompression support for version 0 files. + * The LZ_compress_sync_flush mechanism has been fixed (again). + * Minor fixes. + +2013-05-28 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.4 released. + * Multi-step trials have been implemented. + * Compression ratio has been slightly increased. + * Compression time has been reduced by 8%. + * Decompression time has been reduced by 7%. + * lzlib.h: Change 'long long' values to 'unsigned long long'. + * encoder.c (Mf_init): Reduce minimum buffer size to 64KiB. + * lzlib.c (LZ_decompress_read): Tell LZ_header_error from + LZ_unexpected_eof the same way as lzip does. + * Makefile.in: New targets 'install-as-lzip' and 'install-bin'. + * main.c: Use 'setmode' instead of '_setmode' on Windows and OS/2. + * main.c: Define 'strtoull' to 'strtoul' on Windows. + +2012-02-29 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.3 released. + * Translated to C from the C++ source of lzlib 1.2. + * configure: Rename 'datadir' to 'datarootdir'. + +2011-10-25 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.2 released. + * encoder.h (Lee_update_prices): Update high length symbol prices + independently of the value of 'pos_state'. This gives better + compression for large values of '--match-length' without being + slower. + * encoder.h, encoder.cc: Optimize pair price calculations, reducing + compression time for large values of '--match-length' by up to 6%. + * main.cc: New option '-F, --recompress'. + * Makefile.in: 'make install' no longer tries to run '/sbin/ldconfig' + on systems lacking it. + +2011-01-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.1 released. + * Compression time has been reduced by 2%. + * All declarations not belonging to the API have been + encapsulated in the namespace 'Lzlib'. + * testsuite: Rename 'test1' to 'test.txt'. New tests. + * Match length limits set by options -1 to -9 of minilzip have + been changed to match those of lzip 1.11. + * main.cc: Set stdin/stdout in binary mode on OS2. + * bbexample.cc: New file containing example functions for + buffer-to-buffer compression/decompression. + +2010-05-08 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.0 released. + * New functions LZ_decompress_member_version, LZ_decompress_data_crc, + LZ_decompress_member_finished, and LZ_decompress_dictionary_size. + * Variables declared 'extern' have been encapsulated in a namespace. + * main.cc: Fix warning about fchown's return value being ignored. + * decoder.h: Integrate Input_buffer in Range_decoder. + +2010-02-10 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.9 released. + * Compression time has been reduced by 8%. + * main.cc: New constant 'o_binary'. + +2010-01-17 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.8 released. + * New functions LZ_decompress_reset, LZ_decompress_sync_to_member, + LZ_decompress_write_size, and LZ_strerror. + * lzlib.h: API change. Replace 'enum' with functions for values of + dictionary size limits to make interface names consistent. + * lzlib.h: API change. Rename 'LZ_errno' to 'LZ_Errno'. + * lzlib.h: API change. Replace 'void *' with 'struct LZ_Encoder *' + and 'struct LZ_Decoder *' to make interface type safe. + * decoder.cc: A truncated member trailer is now correctly detected. + * encoder.cc: Matchfinder::reset now also clears at_stream_end_, + allowing LZ_compress_restart_member to restart a finished stream. + * lzlib.cc: Accept only query or close operations after a fatal + error has occurred. + * The shared version of lzlib is no longer built by default. + * check.sh: Use 'test1' instead of 'COPYING' for testing. + +2009-10-20 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.7 released. + * Compression time has been reduced by 4%. + * check.sh: Remove -9 to run in less than 256MiB of RAM. + * lzcheck.cc: Read files of any size up to 2^63 bytes. + +2009-09-02 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.6 released. + * The LZ_compress_sync_flush mechanism has been fixed. + +2009-07-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.5 released. + * Decompression speed has been improved. + * main.cc (signal_handler): Declare as 'extern "C"'. + +2009-06-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.4 released. + * New functions LZ_compress_sync_flush and LZ_compress_write_size. + * Decompression speed has been improved. + * lzlib.texinfo: New chapter 'Buffering'. + +2009-05-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.3 released. + * Lzlib is now built as a shared library (in addition to static). + +2009-04-26 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.2 released. + * Fix a segfault when decompressing trailing garbage. + * Fix a false positive in LZ_(de)compress_finished. + +2009-04-21 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.1 released. + + +Copyright (C) 2009-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz. + +This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable, +but just in case, you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and +modify it. |