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author | Glenn Randers-Pehrson <glennrp at users.sourceforge.net> | 2013-12-19 09:04:52 -0600 |
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committer | Glenn Randers-Pehrson <glennrp at users.sourceforge.net> | 2013-12-19 09:13:08 -0600 |
commit | 339ef1ec97f54a97a589946933f1cc6b0993fe21 (patch) | |
tree | 8ccfbe4dd48e08654f4a96da12e427d5ba715956 /libpng.3 | |
parent | 0e60f06b7c14e698621702b9c6ced05e646b78dd (diff) | |
download | libpng-339ef1ec97f54a97a589946933f1cc6b0993fe21.tar.gz |
[master] Imported from libpng-1.6.8.tar
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.TH LIBPNG 3 "November 14, 2013" +.TH LIBPNG 3 "December 19, 2013" .SH NAME -libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.7 +libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.8 .SH SYNOPSIS \fB #include <png.h>\fP @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ Following is a copy of the libpng-manual.txt file that accompanies libpng. .SH LIBPNG.TXT libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng - libpng version 1.6.7 - November 14, 2013 + libpng version 1.6.8 - December 19, 2013 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson <glennrp at users.sourceforge.net> Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng Based on: - libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.7 - November 14, 2013 + libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.8 - December 19, 2013 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -5127,11 +5127,11 @@ We removed the trailing '.' from the warning and error messages. From libpng-1.4.0 until 1.4.4, the png_get_uint_16 macro (but not the function) incorrectly returned a value of type png_uint_32. -Checking for invalid palette index on read or write was added at libpng -1.5.10. When an invalid index is found, libpng issues a benign error. -This is enabled by default because this condition is an error according -to the PNG specification, Clause 11.3.2, but the error can be ignored in -each png_ptr with +Checking for invalid palette index on write was added at libpng +1.5.10. If a pixel contains an invalid (out-of-range) index libpng issues +a benign error. This is enabled by default because this condition is an +error according to the PNG specification, Clause 11.3.2, but the error can +be ignored in each png_ptr with png_set_check_for_invalid_index(png_ptr, allowed); @@ -5556,18 +5556,19 @@ The machine-generated configure files are no longer included in branches libpng16 and later of the GIT repository. They continue to be included in the tarball releases, however. -Libpng-1.6.0 and later use the CMF bytes at the beginning of the IDAT stream -to set the size of the sliding window for reading instead of using the default -32-kbyte sliding window size. It was discovered that there are hundreds of PNG -files in the wild that have incorrect CMF bytes that cause libpng to now issue -a "too far back" error and reject the file. Libpng-1.6.3 provides a way to -revert to the libpng-1.5.x behavior (ignoring the CMF bytes and using a +Libpng-1.6.0 through 1.6.2 used the CMF bytes at the beginning of the IDAT +stream to set the size of the sliding window for reading instead of using the +default 32-kbyte sliding window size. It was discovered that there are +hundreds of PNG files in the wild that have incorrect CMF bytes that caused +libpng to issue a "too far back" error and reject the file. Libpng-1.6.3 and +later calculate their own safe CMF from the image dimensions, provide a way +to revert to the libpng-1.5.x behavior (ignoring the CMF bytes and using a 32-kbyte sliding window), by using png_set_option(png_ptr, PNG_MAXIMUM_INFLATE_WINDOW, PNG_OPTION_ON); -and provides a tool (contrib/tools/pngfix) for optimizing the CMF bytes +and provide a tool (contrib/tools/pngfix) for optimizing the CMF bytes correctly. Libpng-1.6.0 and libpng-1.6.1 wrote uncompressed iTXt chunks with the wrong @@ -5737,13 +5738,13 @@ Other rules can be inferred by inspecting the libpng source. .SH XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng -November 14, 2013 +December 19, 2013 Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make an official declaration. This is your unofficial assurance that libpng from version 0.71 and -upward through 1.6.7 are Y2K compliant. It is my belief that earlier +upward through 1.6.8 are Y2K compliant. It is my belief that earlier versions were also Y2K compliant. Libpng only has two year fields. One is a 2-byte unsigned integer @@ -5966,7 +5967,11 @@ the first widely used release: 1.6.5 16 10605 16.so.16.5[.0] 1.6.6 16 10606 16.so.16.6[.0] 1.6.7beta01-04 16 10607 16.so.16.7[.0] - 1.6.7rc01-03 16 10607 16.so.16.7[.0] + 1.6.7rc01-02 16 10607 16.so.16.7[.0] + 1.6.7 16 10607 16.so.16.7[.0] + 1.6.8beta01-02 16 10608 16.so.16.8[.0] + 1.6.8rc01-02 16 10608 16.so.16.8[.0] + 1.6.8 16 10608 16.so.16.8[.0] Henceforth the source version will match the shared-library minor and patch numbers; the shared-library major version number will be @@ -6023,7 +6028,7 @@ possible without all of you. Thanks to Frank J. T. Wojcik for helping with the documentation. -Libpng version 1.6.7 - November 14, 2013: +Libpng version 1.6.8 - December 19, 2013: Initially created in 1995 by Guy Eric Schalnat, then of Group 42, Inc. Currently maintained by Glenn Randers-Pehrson (glennrp at users.sourceforge.net). @@ -6046,7 +6051,7 @@ this sentence. This code is released under the libpng license. -libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.7, November 14, 2013, are +libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.8, December 19, 2013, are Copyright (c) 2004,2006-2007 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5 with the following individual added to the list of Contributing Authors @@ -6145,7 +6150,7 @@ certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. Glenn Randers-Pehrson glennrp at users.sourceforge.net -November 14, 2013 +December 19, 2013 .\" end of man page |