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diff --git a/plugins/Zlib/docs/MiniZip64_info.txt b/plugins/Zlib/docs/MiniZip64_info.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..57d7152420 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/Zlib/docs/MiniZip64_info.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +MiniZip - Copyright (c) 1998-2010 - by Gilles Vollant - version 1.1 64 bits from Mathias Svensson + +Introduction +--------------------- +MiniZip 1.1 is built from MiniZip 1.0 by Gilles Vollant ( http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html ) + +When adding ZIP64 support into minizip it would result into risk of breaking compatibility with minizip 1.0. +All possible work was done for compatibility. + + +Background +--------------------- +When adding ZIP64 support Mathias Svensson found that Even Rouault have added ZIP64 +support for unzip.c into minizip for a open source project called gdal ( http://www.gdal.org/ ) + +That was used as a starting point. And after that ZIP64 support was added to zip.c +some refactoring and code cleanup was also done. + + +Changed from MiniZip 1.0 to MiniZip 1.1 +--------------------------------------- +* Added ZIP64 support for unzip ( by Even Rouault ) +* Added ZIP64 support for zip ( by Mathias Svensson ) +* Reverted some changed that Even Rouault did. +* Bunch of patches received from Gulles Vollant that he received for MiniZip from various users. +* Added unzip patch for BZIP Compression method (patch create by Daniel Borca) +* Added BZIP Compress method for zip +* Did some refactoring and code cleanup + + +Credits + + Gilles Vollant - Original MiniZip author + Even Rouault - ZIP64 unzip Support + Daniel Borca - BZip Compression method support in unzip + Mathias Svensson - ZIP64 zip support + Mathias Svensson - BZip Compression method support in zip + + Resources + + ZipLayout http://result42.com/projects/ZipFileLayout + Command line tool for Windows that shows the layout and information of the headers in a zip archive. + Used when debugging and validating the creation of zip files using MiniZip64 + + + ZIP App Note http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT + Zip File specification + + +Notes. + * To be able to use BZip compression method in zip64.c or unzip64.c the BZIP2 lib is needed and HAVE_BZIP2 need to be defined. + +License +---------------------------------------------------------- + Condition of use and distribution are the same than zlib : + + This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied + warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages + arising from the use of this software. + + Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, + including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it + freely, subject to the following restrictions: + + 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not + claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software + in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be + appreciated but is not required. + 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be + misrepresented as being the original software. + 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. + +---------------------------------------------------------- + |