Patch: update zlib/* to 1.1.3
Martin Pool
mbp at samba.org
Mon Mar 11 14:15:00 EST 2002
On 5 Feb 2002, Jos Backus <josb at cncdsl.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 02:30:51PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> > rsync includes a slightly modified and incompatible version of zlib.
> > (PhD-project over-optimization...) To update to a newer zlib would
> > require merging those changes across.
>
> Just so I understand this correctly: does this patched version of zlib 1.1.2
> generate a compressed datastream which 1.1.3 cannot decompress, or
> vice versa?
Unfortunately, yes. From rsync/src/zlib/README.rsync:
~ zlib has been adapted slightly for use in rsync. Please don't bother
~ the zlib authors with problems related to the use of zlib in rsync as
~ any bugs are likely to be our fault and not theirs.
~
~ Specific changes that have been made to zlib for rsync include:
~
~ - add Z_INSERT_ONLY to allow for efficient history updating without
~ actually emitting any data. This is used to compress the matched
~ blocks that don't cross the wire, which gives better compression
~ ratios on the literal data.
~
~ - fixed a number of minor compilation issues. (redefinition of MAX and
~ other such trivial things)
~
~ - include rsync.h to ensure that we get a consistent set of includes
~ for all C code in rsync and to take advantage of autoconf
~
~ --
~ Paul Mackerras and Andrew Tridgell
I'm going to do a three-way merge from 1.1.2->1.1.3 and 1.1.2->rsync,
and then perhaps send the patch to the upstream maintainers. Whether
they will accept it is another matter.
--
Martin
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